S'funny, If TfL do something wrong, its Boris' fault. If they do something right its nothing to do with Boris. Can't have it both ways so which is it to be?
I'm not sure where you are coming from here as your response appears to have nothing to do with what I said.
From what I understand, the mayor is in charge of TFL, but they are to a degree less autonomous and won't just do what he says. Hence stuff in the past about Boris wanting something for cyclists and TFL saying no. Whether that was all fluff on Boris' part is another issue.
Boris AFAIK has said nothing other than in response to AL's comments about cyclists.
The case here is TFL are taking AL to court to ask them to withdraw a letter - they aren't suing them or threatening to revoke their licence, just saying "you take that back!". The argument at hand is whether AL having donated 250k to the Conservatives is relevant. Clearly it's worth stating considering their seemingly soft treatment.