Comments on: Andrew Gilligan and the Routemaster

By: cjcjc

cjcjc — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:32:17 +0000

It’s just that the routemaster (pledge not to get rid of) while not being Ken’s only lie was his most blatant.

By: Mangles

Mangles — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:48:55 +0000

Gilligan had a bee in his bonnet about Livingstone but might just end up with the bee coming back and stinging his bonny arse – such was his unflinching support for Camp BoJo.

Perhaps BoJo can make Gilli his next executive appointment – Deputy for BS- the way things are going he’d be guaranteed a permanent position until BoJo had to resign himself. Lol

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:38:02 +0000

“The reason I fell out with Ken Livingstone wasn’t his cronyism, waste, or arrogance. The reason I, and I think many other Londoners, parted company with Ken was that he got rid of the Routemaster.”

Er…what? Is it the season for making utterly lunatic pronouncements or something?

By: Sunny

Sunny — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:32:23 +0000

What did Andrew Gilligan do to you?

What, I’m not allowed to ask tricky questions of Mr Gilligan now?

After all, we are the fifth estate.

By: Amrit

Amrit — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:35:57 +0000

‘“The reason I fell out with Ken Livingstone wasn’t his cronyism, waste, or arrogance. The reason I, and I think many other Londoners, parted company with Ken was that he got rid of the Routemaster.”’

And what does that say about you, Andrew? Only that you have some *interesting* principles. Or maybe you didn’t want to condemn cronyism, waste, or arrogance in case they (inevitably) crop up the Boris administration.

Maybe he was trying to be funny?

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:30:33 +0000

“Was that the same girlfriend, or different ones in each case?”

EDIT – “Lawyers from the Guardian have insisted that this comment be removed” – EDIT

Respectfully,

Ben

By: soru

soru — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:27:39 +0000

Admittedly, the same was true of many Guardian columns (Toynbee, Williams) before the elections

Was that the same girlfriend, or different ones in each case?

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:21:35 +0000

“I meant Andrew Gilligan was an aging lothario”

Ah, well, the ladies love Gilly.

By: Rumbold

Rumbold — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:17:05 +0000

I meant Andrew Gilligan was an aging lothario, as he stole your girlfriend. On your CV- Heh.

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:16:46 +0000

* Only one ‘put it’

*facepalm*

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:15:15 +0000

“Beaten by an aging lothario.”

That’s certainly the first time that I’ve been described in those terms, but I can’t wait to put it put it on my CV

Ben

By: Rumbold

Rumbold — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:11:01 +0000

BeSix:

Heh. Beaten by an aging lothario. The question was directed towards Sunny, but perhaps I have uncovered the tip of the iceberg.

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:07:20 +0000

Andrew Gilligan stole my girlfriend.

(And his Standard columns have often descended into tendentious nonsense. Admittedly, the same was true of many Guardian columns (Toynbee, Williams) before the elections.)

By: Rumbold

Rumbold — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:01:02 +0000

What did Andrew Gilligan do to you?

By: Billy

Billy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:14:28 +0000

I do hope an eight-year old wins the bus competition.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:45 +0000

Never let it be forgotten that the Routemaster competition announcement today is Policy Exchange doing public transport – getting people to draw pictures of buses and send them in. Woo. More Blue Peter than Blue Revolution, I suggest.