Is Caroline Lucas on the Bus in Brighton?

Yesterday, the Brighton Argus (print edition) reported a press release from Green Leader Dr Caroline Lucas claiming a day's travel on Brighton and Hove Buses costs £3.80. Obviously, as any Brighton resident will know, a CitySaver ticket costs £3.60 daily (and there are huge savings available for weekly and monthly tickets). The Argus rightly pointed out her inaccuracy. A spokesperson for Lucas excused her lack of local knowledge on a typo. Pesky typos!

I'm not sure Dr Lucas has seen her very own Brighton & Hove Bus around our City's streets and it seems likely she missed this conversation I overheard only hours ago on the number 25. Here are both. It's a public service.

"Yeah. Hi. It’s Caroline. Wassup? You know what it’s like, right? You’re like running around Brussels and Strasbourg doing your job and then a journalist starts dissing you, right? You totally want this shiny new job in London (it’s a promotion) and annoyingly right you have to go to Brighton every now and again to meet the people who are going to hire you. It’s, like, a nightmare! And then the local newspaper in Brighton slags you off for being out of touch ‘cos you don’t know how much a bus ticket costs. I know! Quelle bore!

Ok. So it’s a mistake. A little typo. My staff make typos like all the time. And what’s twenny pee right when you earn €84,000? If you say a daily bus ticket is £3.80 and they say it’s only £3.60: you’re all saving already right! They should get that. Everyone can take a chill pill. It’s all on expenses anyway! £28k a year in travel expenses is like totally normal for people like me. You don’t claim expenses? You should!

Someone should ask those hacks on the Argus. Yeah, they should. Yeah. The hacks that live in Brighton and Hove. Yeah. AND the bloggers. What are the bus fares in Brussels? I bet they don’t know! KILLER QUESTION! You mean it doesn’t matter? Yeah it matters! I live in Brussels!"

6 Responses to "Is Caroline Lucas on the Bus in Brighton?"

January 29, 2010 at 1:42 am

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February 1, 2010 at 11:17 am

Louis Wilkes said:

Nice to see some positive campaigning from Labour supporters in Brighton.

This doesn’t make us look like idiots at all.

February 1, 2010 at 2:09 pm

dw said:

Not sure that this falls into the bucket of campaigning.

I consider it satire or a lampoon.

February 4, 2010 at 9:44 am

Louis Wilkes said:

I would leave the satire to Charlie Brooker if I was you.

This just makes us (Labour) look like cheap-shot, gutter scrapers.

February 23, 2010 at 5:46 pm

Allie Cannell said:

What a ridiculous post. Thats all i can say really!

February 24, 2010 at 12:33 am

dw said:

Allie,

What a shame. I like a bit of verve, wit and amusement round here.

Please try harder next time.

Best,

dw