Read My Lips.

The new(ish) mayor of London, Sadiq Kahn pledged bfore being elected that Londoners 'would not pay a penny more for public transport'.  Unfortunately, he forget to mention that it would only apply to single journeys and all others would go up, probably more than they would have done to pay for the others that have remained the same.  This only serves to highlight the skills of a politician - the ability to say one thing but do the exact oppostire whilst keeping a straight face.  Unfortunately, the more blatant it is, the more we distrust politicians, so should he have made the pledge?  It would be interesting to analyse what impact it had on the voting, but probably impossible to say with any certainty, and the U-turn (or partial u-turn anyway) will be long forgotten when the next election comes round.  Whatever the impact, he should have been a bit more careful with his words.