Lovely contradiction as an opening lol.

So there is a gap in funding. Other than charging double to people who voted for Boris.... What serious suggestions do you have to plug the gap.

How about triple the fares of those who voted for Ken? The one who scrapped variable fares and kids fares?

Its all very well making the whole thing a political playground, but in reality there are financial matters to take care of to keep the buses and tubes running. So regardless of who did what, there is a pit that needs refilling with money. Answers on a postcard.

To say its bad timing as there is a recession...... Seriously people! Is that really a valid arguement?
Most of the people using buses daily either use it for free (paid for by the tax payer) or are commuting. And not many people I know took a pay cut, so 20p for a bus journey is really not breaking the bank for many commuters.

If we were talking a 20% rise in a ?500 a month rail ticket or something fair enough, but for those using a bus each way per day... its 40p more. ?2 a week, ?8 a month....

No one likes paying more for their journies, especially on the over crowded buses etc, but as I have already said, it used to cost more to travel a decent distance. I didnt hear too many complaints about fares being slashed. Or too many people giving any consideration to the long term effect on financial funding of the network.