Despite heavy coverage of the story, the Mayor has yet to issue a statement. This is rather embarrassing in itself, because, as Paul Waugh spotted, the tawdry Tory supporter has donated £140,000 to the Party in recent years.
So, does Boris simply fear another failed appointment, or could he be waiting for a call from on high?
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Scared, I should think. This also shows an inherent problem with hiring people who pay *you*. Hiring people you *pay* leaves it fairly obvious who’s in charge. The other way round, not so obvious.
[insert obvious comment about what Gilligan and the Tories would have said if Livingstone had put, say, a prominent donor to Socialist Action onto an Olympic quango]