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Most of the TfL staff will have been told they can sod off early to avoid any inconvenience. I would imagine an uncanny number of them would have found themselves on child duty this evening.
The comic punts for 2000, the Standard punts for 1000 on the floor. I reckon that makes 1500 a fairly reliable figure. That's a pretty damn good showing of political will, the sort of thing that might have policy makers carefully considering the future they're responsible for designing. Alas, I suspect they won't really. A few words will get chucked about, a couple of quick sops will be wheeled out and then they'll nix an real change from the original course by careful use of language. Phrases like consultation, stakeholder engagement and detailed analysis will be bandied about, the end result of which will be that they were right all along.
Can you circumvent this kind of spineless gobshite? It would be tempting to say no. Once the policy makers are the other side of some security barriers, it's easy for them to ignore some occasional noise outside on a Friday evening, very easy indeed. But it is possible. It'll take a bit more than a maudlin die in though. You'll need to keep that big showing of political will motivated, and occasionally be brave enough to hit them where it hurts. Head offices are one thing, if you knock out a bus depot for an hour next time they may start to take you seriously.