Sadiq Khan claims UK MUST ask EU for Brexit transition period extension

Sadiq Khan claims the UK MUST ask the EU for a Brexit transition period extension because of the coronavirus crisis as he accuses ministers of ‘putting dogma ahead of the national interest’ Mayor of London said both the UK and the EU need to focus on coronavirus fight He said UK government refusal to consider … Read more

‘Construction workers outnumber NHS staff’: Fury at Sadiq Kahn for ‘doing nothing’

Angry commuters across London’s tube network have slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan as they claim construction workers using the packed trains ‘outnumber NHS staff’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had previously urged Britons to stay at home and not to travel, but many using Transport for London (TfL) services have claimed that busy tubes are now … Read more

TfL tells key worker his snap of packed Tube will be ‘included in daily feedback’

‘We’ve noted your comments and photo’: TfL tells key worker his snap of packed Tube will be ‘included in daily feedback’… yet Sadiq Khan lets lockdown farce roll into fourth week Key workers have warned that the London Underground is still dangerously packed and putting lives at risk But they have been told by Transport … Read more

Commuters cram into Tube carriages in London as UK enters fourth week of lockdown

A NHS nurse today claimed his commute to work is getting ‘increasingly dangerous’ as he still faces crowded London Underground trains with Britain entering its fourth week of lockdown.    Michael Underwood slammed Transport for London and Mayor Sadiq Khan and compared his journey to ‘jumping off a cliff.  Commuters were pictured piling onto Tube trains … Read more

18 Transport for London workers die from coronavirus as bus driver, 63, says she is ‘frightened’

‘TfL is putting my life at risk’: ‘Proud’ London bus driver, 63, makes tearful plea for more protective equipment after the death of 12 colleagues Eighteen Transport for London staff, including 12 bus workers, have died so far  South London bus driver Lorraine says she is ‘frightened’ to go into work  Bus drivers took to … Read more

Sadiq Khan is blasted for ‘wasting time’ by not giving bus drivers PPE

Sadiq Khan was criticised again today for refusing to give London bus drivers protective masks despite nine dying from coronavirus, as he launched a two-week trial to test if passengers could use the middle door.  The approach is meant to reduce contact between drivers and their passengers, but critics – including the families of Transport … Read more

Sadiq Khan reavels 14 TfL staff have died from coronavirus, but say’s they don’t need PPE

So much for ‘the enhanced cleaning regime’: Drivers share photos of filthy London buses – but Sadiq Khan insists clearners are going ‘over and above’ duty as FOURTEEN TfL staff have now died from coronavirus Nine bus drivers are among 14 London transport workers to have died, virus all took lives of three Tube staff  … Read more

Furious key workers rage at Sadiq Khan over busy Tubes

Commuters shared photos of busy London Underground services again this morning despite the coronavirus lockdown.  Only key workers and those who are unable to work at home are meant to use the Tube, leading to millions staying away. But cuts to services has seen some people squeezed into confined carriages, further risking the spread of … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Boris Johnson’s little brother Labour’s new leader

Social media posts can be ever so revealing. Who is the unlikeliest fan of ­Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer?  None other, it seems, than our Tory Prime Minister’s own younger brother, Leo Johnson, who has ‘liked’ a series of gushingly positive tweets about the millionaire former lawyer.  One of the missives Leo, 52, has … Read more

Sadiq Khan insists ‘we’re running maximum Tube service possible’

Sadiq Khan today suggested key workers to take the bus as dangerous overcrowding continued on the Tube, as a photo emerged of drivers crowded together at a depot in violation of social distancing rules.  The Mayor of London said ‘too many people are not staying at home’ and again insisted they could not run any more services … Read more