Boris Johnson faced one of the most hostile audiences of his mayoralty last night at the People’s Question Time in Catford, attacked relentlessly over his role in supporting the closure of Lewisham A&E, his money-losing cable car, fire station closures, gun and knife crime, the cross-river tram, and his climate “sceptic” Telegraph column.
The majority of the event, which Boris is legally mandated to attend (explaining why he was to be found in the lion’s den), was spent focusing on the closure of the local accident and emergency department and Lewisham hospital. It’s a particularly sore point in the area, because, as Rowenna Davis explained, the hospital isn’t being closed because it’s under performing, but because other local hospitals are under performing. The intention, it seems, is to drive “business” to those hospitals by closing the successful one.
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