It was pretty close but we have managed to get rid of Ken and thus the fears that the loathsome, expensive and pointless congestion charge will spread like a cancer all over London. It would have been inevitable that the 'emission' zone currently aimed at commercial vehicles would have embraced private cars before long as well. Hopefully Boris will also stop the practise of doing away with indented bus stops. Ken had them stopping in the main carriageway, thus purposefully holding up cars.It remains to be seen how Boris manages the other issues, such as law and order, the 2012 Olympics, etc. Hopefully less of our money will be wasted on dubious minority groups as well.
Of course, not everything Ken did was bad. He did get rid of those filthy pigeons from Trafalgar Square despite pressure from some daft 'save the pigeons' campaigners.
