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  • He's had a couple of high profile failures though hasn't he? He hasn't delivered on housing. Westminster totally stiffed him in the end Re Oxford street. So he's got a bit of an upward battle to 'look' effective. I get that this has little to do with knife crime, but people are tuned in to the direction of travel. I'd hope it's this.

    I suspect the successes he's had aren't widely reported, too.

  • Westminster totally stiffed him in the end Re Oxford street.

    Well, his policy was not good and had no chance whatsoever to be accepted by the local authority, which, after all, is Westminster. It wasn't totally his fault, he doesn't really understand transport policy and took this from someone he thought would know. But yes, certainly a failure.

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