and his trumpeting of new rail links in northern England on his second day as prime minister, ought to
endear him to greens.
As mayor of London he even got rid of those bendy buses – death traps for cyclists and pedestrians that
were one of Livingstone’s mistakes.
Maybe I am reading too much into Johnson improving the quality of my own life, but I do wonder whether
- if he can solve Brexit – he could be an effective prime minister. Never mind utopianism about the future
of London in 2030: if he could do the equivalent for the rest of the country to that which he achieved for
London when he was mayor, that would not be a terrible thing.