Dear Ken Livingstone,
Why did you do away with the Routemaster. To me, it was the only normal Bus that graced the streets of London, though all of London's history. The Routemaster is a very special Bus to me. The Routemaster was the number one reason, that I've become obsessed with London, all those years ago, when I was twelve. That was 20 years ago. I've lost a close friend that I've known for twenty years! How could you do this to me? London has had that same friend for 50 years. How could you do that to your fellow Cockneys, and to the rest of your fellow Londoners. I have a very hard time, believeing that you were born, within the sounds of The Bow Bells, after what you've done to the Routemasters and the people who've used them, every day, and after what you've done to a "Canadian Born Cockney" such as me! I was born in Canada, but I have the Heart, the Mind, the Soul and the Accent of a Cockney. Do you realise how lonely I've felt, over the past twelve months, and over the past 365 days? It really hurts inside, when the Canadians around me, don't know one tenth of the things, that I know about both, London and Routemasters! Welcome to the ugly post-modern world that you've created. You're going to be very lonely.
Hurt and Alone, in Canada