Boris Johnson's biggest design fails as London mayor
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- From sweatbox buses to a novelty 'dangleway' and fantasy bridges that never saw a brick laid. Boris Johnson’s design legacy in London left the taxpayer with a bill of more than £940m after his eight years as mayor. The Guardian's design and architecture critic, Oliver Wainwright, takes a tour of the worst monuments to Johnson's ego etched across the capital. He finds out how much they really cost us then and now, and why we're still paying for them.
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I mean it doesn't surprise me that the Olympics cost more than they got out. That's always the case with Olympics
It didnt..
@@stevenfearn85 where are you getting that information from? Most case studies conclude what I claim
@@zoolookers Australia/Sydney 2000 ran at a profit.
The Olympics still make a lot of money. It’s just that the greedy IOC takes a bigger share of that money (70%) which leaves cities without much profit
@@johnjoseph9494 yeah exactly but that's not Boris' fault is all I'm saying
Turns out The Guardian doesn't like Boris Johnson.
who does like him, even the most right wing lunatic will at best say "hes better than the alternative" let me remind you that isn't an endorsement
Of course they don't. What do you expect from a paper that employs the likes of petulant mouthpiece Owen Jones...
@@peteoneill6757 Ah but you see Owen Jones hasn't been sacked for lying, unlike Boris "de Trump" Johnson who was sacked from the Times for lying. But who cares about what is true, not the far right obviously.
Ben Ward u sure about that🤔😂
Just out of curiosity. If you dont like boris, who do you like?...
I hate that bloody tower.
It's hideous.
In all honesty, it makes you lads look like that England wanted to make itself its Eiffel Tower, after completely forgetting about poor Blackpool.
I didnt even know you guys had that tower..
What about the Salisbury cathedral tower famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world. It’s famous for its 123-metre spire, it’s famous for its clock, the first one of its kind ever created in the world, which is still working.”
@@nakalegend No one is Rushing into that 😂😂😂
As an architecture student who lives in Stratford and sees the Olympic steel tower from my window. I can say that it grows on you. The red light in the night can be quite beautiful. The expense however is just plain dumb.
I really don't see the issue here. That cable car is really popular amongst tourists too.
Dan M Yeah but does that make it populair enough to pay back the investment?
@@royblekman8186 I can't tell you about the financials but the key thing here is that they integrated the cable car with the TFL Oyster card and contactless cards. Otherwise, not as many people would've volunteraly bought tickets to ride it.
Not that popular, didn't even know about it or I would have gone on it when I was there 2 months ago.
And what has Sadiq Khan given London? Yep I'll wait... I'm no fan of Boris... But heck there wasn't s much stabbings etc in the city when he was mayor
vibeuk2003 violent crime was increasing before Khan. funny how crime rises as police funding is cut
@@West4ea also funny how increase in immigrants also was connected to crime rising
@Alex West u r partially right about violent crimes like knife crimes. But u should know that giving excuses is the easiest way of putting a problem aside and getting away from responsibilities. As soon as Sadiq khan became mayor, terrorism in London came into prominence again as well as having the highest knife crime in London ever. People expects both mayor and government work together solve this problem and I think Sadiq khan isn't try harder to come up with an effective solution to stop violent crimes.
Boris has ideas quite the opposite of khan who has done literally nothing while being mayor of London
And the fact hes done nothing has led to him losing control
What did you think of Ken L?
@@19grand who are u refering to?
@@jcmacg034 any Londoner would know who he's referring to.
How is losing money better than doing nothing???
Comparison for Boris Johnson's terms as Mayor of London:
'Luigi Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing'
Wait to see how much Boris Brexit will cost
a negative amount
The olympics have transferred some areas of London, like Stratford, your always going to lose more money than gain in the olympics but the London olympics were the best olympics so far, brilliant preparation in all fairness to him
little boy Dedoid ok
That wasn't Boris' accomplishment, it was Kens
Great Britain's trump
XD
He looks and sounds dumber than Trump.
I feel him to be more of an establishment sort of man. So a GB's Hillary. Oof either option is sickening.
Hope so.
@@philmcdonald4778 Trump is playing 4D chess its comic all these got now is you racist you racist I got no logic you racist its like Russia when everybody knows it was google and still is.
Say what you will about Boris, but when he was Mayor, there was a hell of a lot less stabbings, and crime. You gunna make a video criticising Sadiq Kahn?... I thought not.
Nor haven't they made a video critizising Horace Cutler.
And you actually think that was down to Boris Johnson being Major, and not Labour spending more on police?
@You got played fool and @JJoe not sure what the problem with the comment was? Conservatives okay 20,000 front-line cuts in policing and now crime has gone up- doesn't that makes sense?
@JJoe not sure what the problem with the comment was? Conservatives okay 20,000 front-line cuts in policing and now crime has gone up- doesn't that makes sense?
Lisa MP they don’t actually have an argument, they can only resort to making stupid comments back. So you can see why they like Boris!
and for some reason, known only to the people of the UK, BoJo will be PM.
Well the media doing constant character assassinations on the opposition hasn't helped and the fact that tories get away with the most atrocious things(fit for work scandal and kicking out the windrush generation to name a few).
@@MattFenlon Labour are doing well and would be amazing in government.
@matt fenlon you are beyond pathetic. Labour created biggest upswing in social mobility the country has ever seen. Its the tories that sold public assets at losses and have ruined the country.
We've not really got a say in the matter at the moment. Our appaling electoral system [supported by BOTH Labour and the Tories] means that the leader is chosen by a few thousand blue-rinse Tory party members.
Labour did appallingly badly in the European election recently. Corbyn is unelectable, if you disagree we'll just wait and see.
Will this be the prime minister of England...really??
And Scotland and Wales and N.Ireland :)
Your country needs a strong leader. Or do you prefer a Angela Merkel?
@@rogierp3685 yes we want him we need a Trump to save england from the left destroying it
@@Cocky_Poppy_TV This is the last chance. Left win this, we'll just intergrate further and time will erode the last of defiance
Leftie Britian is we go down the rabbit hole, there'll be no going back
Yep.
Britain outside the EU is now just a standup comedy all day long ...
That slide is an eyesore to look at, that garden bridge however sounds amazing, gives me vibes of a futuristic society
Why are people commenting that the Guardian doesn't like Boris? Of course they have an agenda, just like any other news outlet does lol. Stop complaining about it
How about a clip titled "The Guardian's biggest fails as journalists", the 48 hour upload time should be worth the wait!
@Georg Yep
So will Khan get a similar vid about knife crime..... nope!
69696subscriberschallenge plez Khan in 2015 said he would do everything in his power to cut stop and search, join the flock and keep blaming Boris
69696subscriberschallenge plez Drill Music? Are you for real? Do you read the Daily Mail?
I mean as police spending isn't devolved why should there be?
@@leejohnson6975 Those two don't go together. No one who is real reads the Daily Mail, not even the good (mostly foreign) folk who write it? Do you? Well from your last name can I assume you are, like Boris of German and Turkish ancestry but keep strum/mum/whatever about both and anglicize your name. I don't like Boris because he was a bloody US citizen until he needed to ditch that to be PM. Most PMs win elections to get there. Or, like May, get there cunningly and then kind of win elections and forge a coallition of chaos with tribal Irish unionists to hang on to power. BoJo wants to go solo. We will see.
Coming from Canada. Boris is a breath of fresh air compared to our PM.
Also the Buses were fixed in 3 months... 😅🤦♂️I've been on one in July at 35 degrees 🤷♂️
I’ve had my comment deleted very big of you, all I said was I think it’s funny how we all love people like boris and trump until they run for a leader role then they are evil human beings😂 delete it again but this ain’t a comment to cry over just an observation
free speech vs narrow minded camp at The Guardian
Who loved Trump and Boris before they ran for office??
@@GinkgoPete celebrities (i.e. the ppl who's opinions we must follow)
I wonder what the guardian thinks about Boris
Orange man bad, blonde man bad, come on Guardian readers, after you!
I thought I could see Boris’ Routemaster operate in Hong Kong, but it never happens.
This is disgusting. Can u imagine the damage he is going to do as PM 😓
No
Nicole Nox what lower knife crime?....I take my kids being safe than money being spent
@@madedigital the left dont think like that
No. I'm incapable of original independent thought and that's why I consume Guardian content unironically.
Not much?
Colonizer 😂😂, what have you done to yourself?
I imagine the Guardian had a few years of slow news when Labour were in power
well no not really, you imagine wrong. That's like saying that all right-wing publications in the UK have nothing to write about because we have a right wing government which obviously isn't true; most news sources publish the same stories but just from their perspective.
@@benheathh Point taken
Hi does anyone know if there are there any food banks in the Olympic Park?
So everything he did was wrong? I’m not s Boris supporter but I think the guardian is filled with too much hatred.
Blond man bad!
I mean the video is about his fails
As opposed to Boris who is so cute and cuddly and full of love and unicorns and caring? Seriously? Open your eyes. Or your ears.
Who would use that stupid cable car twice? It costs £15 to go 200 metres.
and now he's the prime minister
The hire bikes were Ken Livingstone's idea to begin with.
The original Routemaster and there replacement the Atlantean all had design problems initially. Even modern CAD can't always foresee these problems.
people that say he is a failure, are the people who wanted the Green buses and bikes
@@gregoryeverson741 So he was not a failure for London?
Never explained why the bikes were a failure
It was his least failing project, and it wasn't even his idea.
I see you haven't mentioned the cycle lane on the embankment. What a coincidence....
I am not a big fan of Boris but this Guardian video cannot be topped in hypocrisy. Pathetic are the complaints like "bike sharing scheme cost tax payers £200 million and TfL subsidised it etc. etc." Of course it is subsidised, it is a scheme that lets people use bikes for free for half an hour and then charges only £2. You cannot do these things without effective subsidies, which are sensible use of tax payer money. They are actually an immense success, with about 11 million ridership annually.
lanista78 -plus a £2 access fee so not actually free, but I agree with the point. Nonetheless, this video definitely does serve a purpose
Bringing bicycles without cycling infra structure.
0:39 lol
He also gifted the land from the Cane Hall hoxourL sale to his mates he also increased tfl fares by 50% shut ticket offices the list goes on he was a disaster for London
What’s your source
here we are again
this video just makes me want to see all of those attractions in real life.
Best suited as a major attraction in a nearby circus. Would also make a really nice living statue around the Oxford Circus area
Boris is a true comedy
Cmon man, the boris bus is gorgeous
Enjoy your brand new PM :-D
Does anyone? Does his family, his wives, lovers, children?
Did you know? Boris made his legacy as mayor of London...Making London busses out of beer crates...That's our next PM...LOL
RoadKillzine not really hahaha
I see the guardians are supporters!
Literally the same as ex prime minister of malaysia najib ..yikes
Still love boris tho the man is a madlad
This clown was an absolute disaster as mayor and he'll be an even worse prime minister.
Another hugely embittered remainer - So why did left wing Remainer London re-elect him as Mayor? Game, Set and Brexit as they say at Wimbledon!
Knife crime/killing ratings will say he wasent..
Can anyone please tell me why they stand with Boris Johnson? Or why they don't? Genuinely curious
Landed right on our feet with Khan haven't we 🙄....Not
Some of these comments have aged well … others not so much
Be careful with what you wish for..
So are you saying that the Boris bikes are not a success?
That wasn't his idea
The Olympics was a Smirker Blair triumph
They could have bought three F22 raptors with that money
The F-22 is the raptor. What's a stealth bomb for the US air force and due to the technology they are not selling any. If you would like to be more realistic compare to f35B lightning what is getting sold to us.
Well I object
the new leader of the Tories?
A no another one bites the dust
When your only message is hate and humiliation, I do not find it funny nor intresting anymore.
If this is how you make views by being a bully towards celebrities, then you dont deserve to be in the top ranking thingys.
I sure that the guardian will make a scathing report on the absolute car crash of a mayor sadiq can't is. What do you think
Funnily enough his policies didn't cost anyone their lives. Same can't be said about little Sadiq.
I don't know much about Sadiq but I'll take your word for him being bad for the sake of this argument.
So because some other politician before him had bad policies, that means that recklessly pouring hundreds of millions into bad projects that leaves little or nothing to show for is not a problem at all? If you're not the worst that has ever been you should not be held accountable for anything you do?
@@Meeuuw mainstream media targets Boris but not Sadiq for a reason.
Well violent crime was high under Boris too. The murder rate was rising before he left office. It’s funny how the claims made by BJ about reducing crime don’t quite add up and it’s also very interesting to see the crime rate rise as police funding is cut, £600 million cut from the METs budget approved by BJ as mayor and a policy of closing local police stations. Khan hasn’t performed miracles but it’s pretty hard with one hand tied behind your back by previous policies and the government
I’m completely shocked. The Guardian doesn’t like Boris?
he must have watched this through tears after boris became PM 😂
Well all i can say is the common wealths in machester near me gave us the beloved etihad stadium aswell as so much and is slowly massively changing the whole area from slums to genuine nice housins estates. Not the profit from the even but its the effect it all leaves on the area and the people.
He has an air of an American in a British body.
Jitin Joshi Boris spent his whole life like that, largely due to his complete disconnect with reality. I fully agree with you! The US has people exactly like him; pompous and heartless and selfish...(the trump family, various “celebrities” and socialites, for example)... but i promise you that we aren’t all entitled over here! It’s the bad seeds who are the most visible unfortunately. Their ignorance and lack of awareness and/or care has created this saddening image and it’s shameful to us all. Please don’t think we are all this way :(
@@imsoamped Not at all.
I was hesitating while generalizing a certain diaspora and you're right, there are a handful of people who seem frivolous, superficial and sadly those are the people we hear mostly of.
Still better than Khan
I am not a fan of Boris at all but this video is just pure cynicism. Many of these projecs have given London a fresh identity and have become synonymous with this city in the 21st century, with Londoners becoming quite fond of Boris bikes and the cable cars. On top of that, many of the taxpayer figures are not actually that large in the grand scheme of things.
My senior in English language and literature isn't failed, unlucky perhaps. He's the number the 10, come on. Absolutely true man 🌐🇬🇧♥️
Love him or loath him, but nobody can deny the fact that Boris has made politics more interesting of late, even my kids who have no interest in politics have been glued to the tv about him.
So the guardian's point in this video is that Boris Johnson used tax payer money to fund projects in London for the public.
The Royal Mail was worth £10 bn according to JP Morgan, Vince Cable sold it for £6 billion, nobody mentioned that. Apparently Chris Grayling wasted 2.7 bn during his time in government, nobody mentions it. etc. When it comes to Boris, everything is magnified.
Can’t wait to see the Sadiq Kahn one next
He smears himself these need to smear a new man Trump is getting boring now
Mr. Boris Kipper - a fishy clown - can help Britain. He knows anything and can deliver both a Brexit with and without a deal.
Bye bye e.u soon
Sadiq khan is boring though boris came up with ideass sadiq khan sits there all day what does he even do
The Guardian, i'm just curious are you going to be making one of these about Sadiq Khan? I won't hold my breath.
Of course not - they're just hugely embittered, middle class snobs and left wing nut jobs that only accept democracy when it agrees with their extreme socialist point of view.
@Drink Water Khan is an ineffective, clueless fool not fit to run a burger van - if Boris was so poor as Mayor why did the London electorate re-elect him? Boris had no choice in the decision to send him to an expensive Private School - unlike smug, repulsive, nauseating hypocrites like Dianne Abbott, Shami Chakrabarti and most of the senior staff of the Guardian who openly chose to send their children to highly expensive private schools while advocating comprehensive schools for other peoples children!
@Drink Water How was Boris Johnson a clueless Eton and how come he's only caring about being famous prime minister for a laugh if knife crime has increased by 52 per cent, burglary by 17 per cent and robbery by 59 per cent. Last year there were 135 homicides, which is 24% more than in 2016, ever since Sadiq Khan became mayor?
You're clearly exactly the kind of person Mount Teide was talking about.
Probably not because Kahn hasn’t just been chosen to lead the Tory’s and run the country, Boris has and now everyone right and left is looking at his past achievements
@@steveb3bmwm5 Out of curiosity, would you consider yourself middle class?
LOOL he seems to support public transit and green energy way to much.
He did better Sadiq Khan
You dirty, dirty smear merchants!
finished listening to something in background. Hear someone chatting absolute drivel. Check out what my new vid is. By the Guardian. Not a shock.
Im TrIgGeRed
boris bashing = boris being re-elected 😀
He would need to be elected a first time for that
He's a great PM, he brought the crime rate down substantially to record lows, meanwhile the incumbent Sadiq has raised it to a record high.
Bozos Failure then? I am not surprised
I like socialist Jonna Lumley
Boris man bad
At least he hasn't got blood on his hands like Sadiq Khan.
I think he has now
@@brexshitcentraal966 Fair play. He has indeed.
From an outsider's perspective, I think he must have done something right or he wouldn't had been re-elected.
He wasn't elected PM by the people. Politicians in the Conservative party voted for him.
FCA MEDIA he meant Mayor of London
@@nopeoppeln Yes, indeed. Thanks.
boris trump lite
Amir khant has to pay his dept for being a idol !
Do you live in London though you greasy fuckboii
No i live in the garden city you kiddie fettlers torch barer
Its time ya bums stopped the blag and say what Qur'an says so we can get this party started
Instead of focusing on the past, then focus on the present, where we now have a mayor who is destroying London as we speak.
Boris is a great men 👍
Hate Boris but love the new routemasters, the cable car, and the bikes..
I did not appreciate Boris until we had that latest 'thing ' in 😎
Top man to kick Europe into shape. Power to the people.
Very true
Happy Hiker do you think we will get out?
So do you consider Johnson to be a man of "the people"?
Paul Beresford. Hi Paul I said power to the people which means you and me. We have the real power to change and move provided enough of us agree. Boris is Boris with his many faults. I haven't got a clue whether this will happen or not.
@@thegowerboy: Sounds to me you don't have a clue about much at all mate, especially if you think that a narcissistic, career politician who is devoid of any principles or real political ideals, and who will wave any populist banner he believes will help advance his own career ambitions and desire for power, is the "Top man to kick Europe into shape".
Come on, tell me you're just joking?.The guy was even out of his depth as Foreign Secretary, let alone PM.
You lot are in melt down lol
Still rather a bit of design flaws in infrastructure and transport rather than a soaring crime rate.