Ken blasts fare stealth taxes
KEN Livingstone has declared that Londoners have “24 hours to save £1,000” as he makes a final push to convince traditional Labour voters that they should vote for him.
“Boris is a hardline, dyed-in-the-wool Tory who wants to cut the top rate of tax further while whacking up fares to cover the cost of the government cutting back the transport budget for London,” he told City A.M.. “London puts £20bn back into the economy than it gets back – it’s completely unacceptable that we then have a stealth tax in the form of fares.”
Although behind by 52-48 in the latest YouGov opinion poll Livingstone insists that he can close the gap: “We haven’t had this level of participation and enthusiasm since the Labour landslide in 1997. The mood on the street is hard to equate with the polls we’re seeing.”
Asked how he will relax once polls close on Thursday night Livingstone said: “I’m going to go home and put the kids to bed. And then I might have a glass of Rioja.”