"Say "It's Bush's fault" with a British accent. It sounds so much more intellectual."
This article is so riddled with inaccuracy and Marxist ideology it could have been written by a communist party official. The days of the BBC being a reliable news source are long, long gone.
Disgraceful.
The BBC seems more like the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's "1984".
This story could have been written by Winston Smith hard at work in his cubicle. Toss the facts down the memory hole, and create a "heroic mayor" out of thin air.