Crossrail row as Grant Shapps accuses Sadiq Khan of breaking election rules

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Grant Shapps plans on reporting Sadiq Khan to the Electoral Commission watchdog after accusing him of using the Crossrail opening date announcement to win votes for Labour in Thursday’s local elections

“Londoners reading this unscrupulous headline grab might like to know that the Government has poured billions into Crossrail to solve delays clocked up on the mayor’s watch, while propping up a transport system hobbled financially by his chronic incompetence.”

 

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maybe he should have announced it the night before it opened. Would that be better?

That must be a different grantshapps since he is also promoting this

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