Transport Commissioner on MySpace?
February 16th, 2007Hey Peter thanks for the add
In a story that’s clearly too good to be true, the Evening Standard gleefully reported that Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy had a MySpace page and “has been spending evenings, weekends - and even part of his working day - in the chatroom with teenagers on the MySpace website.”
The paper continued “Mr Hendy also posts his official TfL biography together with portraits of himself, the TfL logo and a picture which he has entitled “Me With Some Of the Buses”.
TfL confirmed last night that the site was genuine.
“It is not a spoof,” a spokesman said. “Any dialogue with Londoners to promote our policies is welcome.”
Peter had apparently been getting into discussions with other MySpace users about the Tube service. “7 of Hearts” complained “your underground staff at Eastcote station, Hillingdon, were mean to me…What do you propose to do about it?” Within minutes, Mr […]
Original post by Annie Mole and software by Elliott Back
