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bazzer9461 said:
And with all the profit TfL made last year shame on them
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You mean negative profits, yes?

www.standard.co.uk

TfL set for £742m loss thanks to bus subsidies

Tube passengers will generate a bumper £823 million “profit” for Transport for London due to the annual hike in Travelcard prices, it was revealed today.
www.standard.co.uk www.standard.co.uk

And the year before, oh it will be negative profits again:

Transport for London on course for £1bn deficit

TfL faces big financial challenge amid fare freeze, grant loss and fall in passengers
www.ft.com www.ft.com

Note, the problem is being exacerbated by the phased withdrawal of funding by Central Govt (ended in 2018/19) yet in this pandemic the Govt has required TfL to continue to operate. Leaving TfL as one of the few City Transport Authorities without state support. Also, Khan freezing fares exacerbated the problem as well.


So how do you square that with all the private enterprises that made a profit in previous years but have been bailed out (furloughed staff etc) then as you mentioned that earlier as a good thing iirc?
 
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Marked Ox said:
You mean negative profits, yes?

www.standard.co.uk

TfL set for £742m loss thanks to bus subsidies

Tube passengers will generate a bumper £823 million “profit” for Transport for London due to the annual hike in Travelcard prices, it was revealed today.
www.standard.co.uk www.standard.co.uk

And the year before, oh it will be negative profits again:

Transport for London on course for £1bn deficit

TfL faces big financial challenge amid fare freeze, grant loss and fall in passengers
www.ft.com www.ft.com

Note, the problem is being exacerbated by the phased withdrawal of funding by Central Govt (ended in 2018/19) yet in this pandemic the Govt has required TfL to continue to operate. Leaving TfL as one of the few City Transport Authorities without state support. Also, Khan freezing fares exacerbated the problem as well.


So how do you square that with all the private enterprises that made a profit in previous years but have been bailed out (furloughed staff etc) then as you mentioned that earlier as a good thing iirc?
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So all the other transport companies up and sown the country did they get any help? They ran maybe not all services but they ran amiss they get any help? Maybe all council tax can rise to cover the shortfalls of those that sort companies and there have been a few coach companies that have gone to the wall during the pandemic.
 
bazzer9461 said:
Hope this is what you were looking for
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Bazzer, the bit I'm interested in, is where you said that disabled people will have to pay the congestion charge. As I said, I'm not saying that I don't believe you, but I cannot see anything about disabled people being made to pay the charge, on Khan's orders. Can you show me please? I am disabled and go through London quite a bit.
 
amershamdave said:
Bazzer, the bit I'm interested in, is where you said that disabled people will have to pay the congestion charge. As I said, I'm not saying that I don't believe you, but I cannot see anything about disabled people being made to pay the charge, on Khan's orders. Can you show me please? I am disabled and go through London quite a bit.
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I am going to have to apologise I am sure I heard it mentioned a while back pre pandemic I thought it was some time when Khan announced that when he was going to review the congestion charged but having searched high and low I cannot find anything other than a 100% discount.
I was in the wrong so once again I apologise.
 
bazzer9461 said:
So all the other transport companies up and sown the country did they get any help? They ran maybe not all services but they ran amiss they get any help? Maybe all council tax can rise to cover the shortfalls of those that sort companies and there have been a few coach companies that have gone to the wall during the pandemic.
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Google the FT article as the link (I could read it) hasn't worked unfortunately and the quote is about City transport Authorities (I'd assume Manchester, Newcastle etc), not all transport companies. Coach companies do get some subsidy from Local Authorities to keep certain routes open already. But it doesn't change the point about profits for TfL as they have no subsidy anyway in this period (19/20) when they'll make a £742m deficit (according to the article) so no shame on TfL needing support like private organisations who did make profits. The only difference is the Govt putting putting political caveats on TfL unlike their other support, I wonder why that is?
 

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Sheik djibouti said:
Makes this an even more selfless act then
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Because everyone goes out for a peaceful demo wearing a helmet & goggles I guess?
Or are we just seeing black guy, "must be BLM"................. so white guy must be "Any other pseudo political right leaning group that were there for a ruck" ?
All as bad as each other, every single one of them.
 
bazzer9461 said:
I am going to have to apologise I am sure I heard it mentioned a while back pre pandemic I thought it was some time when Khan announced that when he was going to review the congestion charged but having searched high and low I cannot find anything other than a 100% discount.
I was in the wrong so once again I apologise.
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No problem, Baz. I wasn't challenging you, I was thinking 'f*****g Khan had better not get rid of the discount!' So I owe him one, too!
 
Essexyellows said:
Because everyone goes out for a peaceful demo wearing a helmet & goggles I guess?
Or are we just seeing black guy, "must be BLM"................. so white guy must be "Any other pseudo political right leaning group that were there for a ruck" ?
All as bad as each other, every single one of them.
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Decide for yourself . .. if you've not done so already:
 
Gary Baldi said:
The urinating on a monument idiot has got a 2 week jail sentence - swift and right justice
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Agree.

But what has being a Spurs fan got to do with the story?

Prosecutor Michael Mallon said Banks, a Tottenham Hotspur fan, was in central London to "protect statues", but admitted he did not know which statues.



www.bbc.co.uk

Man jailed for urinating at PC Keith Palmer memorial during protest

Andrew Banks had drunk 16 pints and was in central London to "protect statues", a court hears.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Two weeks is laughable.
I think we all saw his defence would be he was paralytic and had anxiety issues.
didn't happen to be a Swindon fan then?
 
amershamdave said:
No problem, Baz. I wasn't challenging you, I was thinking 'f*****g Khan had better not get rid of the discount!' So I owe him one, too!
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I know you weren’t I have had a good think an tbh I can’t think where or why I think I heard it
 
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