Eco-Boris

Boris Johnson continues in his bid to ensure that the smog quality at the London Olympics will rival, if not surpass, that of Beijing. Faithfully adhering to the Daveybloke policy of talking green while increasing pollution, Boris has spent his first hundred days in office pandering to motorists, cancelling orders for hydrogen vehicles, and deciding that the London Development Agency can do without advice from environmental experts, thank you very much. According to Friends of the Earth, Boris is even "endorsing a 50% increase in flights from London city airport and considering a new airport in the Thames estuary" so that those nice, clean, honest, efficient people in the airline industry do not suffer overmuch.

A spokesbeing for the Greater London Authority diagnosed all this as a desire to "tackle crime, deliver value for money and improve the quality of life for all Londoners". Of course, the Daveybloke policy on environmental matters has the advantage of being tried and tested, notably by the Vicar of Downing Street and his Glorious Successor; so it does have the virtue of continuity.