Boris Johnson shares his vision of the capital in 2050 with the LSE

 
11 December 2013

Such was the demand to hear Mayor Boris Johnson at the LSE last night that the venue had to be changed to the 2,000-seater Peacock Theatre or, as Boris renamed it, The Mohammed Al Quaddafi Auditorium.

He announced the Treasury go-ahead for the proposed Garden Bridge or, as he described it, “the bridge with no purpose”. “It will,” he continued, “have bowery corners where LSE students can have romantic assignations, meditate or read Marx. Bicycles won’t be allowed but what about dogs, man’s best friend? What do you think? Let’s take a vote.”

After a show of hands against, the Mayor thanked his audience for “this guide to policy”.“What will London be like in 2050? The Government will still be trying to build a third runway at Heathrow. Julian Assange will still be holed up in the Ecuador Embassy. And all our tourists will be walking across the Garden Bridge.”

“What will happen to the BBC if Scotland becomes independent?” mused Boris. “They haven’t thought of that one, have they? It will have to be called the former UK BBC.”

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