So no Routemaster, then? Colour me surprised

You may recall (read "have been bored senseless") by the continual pledges by Boris Johnson during his election campaign to "bring back the Routemaster". This kind of populist nonsense has already shown to be several tonnes of CO2 in worth.

Kulveer Ranger (I will write about him elsewhere), the new, Tory, Director of Transport, has already had to, er, admit that the return of the Routemaster is unlikely. For all of the white noise generated around the Routemaster - a tired, dangerous, polluting dinosaur of a bus - in the election, it should be no surprise to anyone that it should come to this already. 

Q. How do you turn an estimate of £8m per year to bring the Routemaster back into service into £100m per year?

A. It's Boris, stupid.

P.S. If you missed the original pledges, take a look here, here, or watch the painful live debate of 8th April on BBC Newsnight here. God, I can't stand it.