With nearly three years until the next mayoral election, a Christian has thrown himself to the lions. Step forward Christian Wolmar, railway expert and transport commentator who says he's running for Mayor in 2016 whoever the other candidates may be.
“Most of the likely Labour prospects are MPs who have other fish to fry, notably keeping their seats in the 2015 election,” Wolmar, a Labour supporter who left the party over Iraq but has rejoined, writes in The Oldie. “Transport is my speciality and it happens to be the main focus of the mayor’s powers ….
“My initial ideas about improving London focused inevitably on transport — crucially, on reducing the influence of the motor car, creating better cycling facilities, pedestrianising Oxford Street and ripping up the dual carriageway hewn out of Hyde Park in the car-mad Sixties.”
