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I kind of support this thing. Not because minicabs should be in bus lanes, but because black cabs shouldn't be.
It seems like the likely scenario is that Addisson Lee will win in court, which means that anyone could register as a private hire car and get a sticker that allows them to drive in the bus lanes. So the only reasonable response is to kick black cabs out of them. Which evens the black cab/minicab playing field somewhat.
With a tinfoil hat on, it's not impossible that Boris wants taxis out of the bus lanes so that he can report that buses are now x% faster. This is a neat excuse to do that without incurring the wrath of the cabbies.