Guido's DUEMA

There is a Ken Livingstone advertisement on Guido's blog here which shows a silhouette of a Boris type figure stealing money out of someone's handbag preceded by a message to 'beware: pickpocket operating on public transport'. It is followed by other messages stating that Boris has again raised fares above inflation and that Ken will save the average Londoner £1000 on fares over four years. I wonder what makes an average Londoner and I also wonder how Ken will pay for the £1000. I could find nothing on the Ken Re-Election Website here about how the cut would be paid for. No doubt someone has asked the question and no doubt Boris will make a point about it but it seems Ken has learnt nothing about the disastrous tax and spend policies of every Labour government there has ever been. Labour makes promises which sound absolutely wonderful but which sadly can only exist in Lalaland. For confirmation you only had to listen to Ed Miliband on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning. He has clearly demonstrated to me that we will be skint once again shortly after they get back into power. Miliband was saying that the coalition is cutting too far and too fast and should change course but that when Labour is re-elected they will have to live with the coalition cuts. This sounds to me like having your cake and eating it or your left hand not knowing what your right hand is doing or just plain daft. Miliband is apparently a highly intelligent person but perhaps his intelligence is of such a kind that we'd be better off if he lived on another planet. There are those of course who believe both he and his equally awful brother come from Mars. No wonder Guido's Don't Unseat Ed Miliband Association is attracting so many members each day.