Responding to the Mayor of London’s decision to approve plans to demolish the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centres in redevelopment plans that include the Lille Bridge Rail Depot and West Kensington and Gibbs Green Housing Estates, London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson said:
“Boris Johnson claims to be a champion of the London economy and making it more attractive to foreign investment. Yet he has backed the demolition of the exhibition centres that are estimated to be worth over a billion pound to London’s real economy, that attract one a half million visitors from across London and the world, thirty thousand exhibitors and hundreds of events each year. This decision will definitely see London lose out to global rivals”
“By backing this proposal, Boris Johnson is condemning this part of London into a playground for the super rich with mostly extortionately priced homes that will not help the vast majority of ordinary people”