Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media at West Ham bus depot in east London (/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Sadiq Khan often talks to journalists, but rarely holds press conferences. So it was something of a surprise to be invited at short notice to West Ham bus garage last Thursday, where the Mayor was to give an update on TfL’s bid for a fifth government bailout.
Why a bus garage when you’ve got a brand new City Hall? Because Mr Khan wanted to be pictured in front of some shiny new buses. London’s buses are built in Falkirk, Yorkshire and Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Investing in London is good for the rest of the country, runs the narrative. It’s “levelling up” in action, he says.
