Commenting on the news - revealed in a Freedom Of Information request - that the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford has contributed nothing to the cost of cycle hire stations in Shepherd's Bush, Caroline Pidgeon said:
Westfield have had a year of favourable publicity from the bike hire scheme, yet incredibly have not yet coughed up a penny towards supporting it.
Two years after it started it is crystal clear the London bike hire scheme is being heavily subsidised by taxpayers, yet the Mayor's obsession is merely to heap praise on companies that contribute so very little.
Just as with Barclays Bank it seems the Mayor is happy to take ordinary Londoners for a ride.
You can read more at the Shepherd's Bush blog.