Dave writes that, contrary to previous reports, Tim Parker - the man holding Boris’s right hand - will not submit a Register of Interest to the GLA website. Simon Barnes and Kit Malthouse have already, but it seems that Parker - “one of the UK’s most successful businessmen with an impressive track record in a [...]
How Interesting…
July 8th, 2008 1 Comment
Tags: earnings · jobs · Johnson Administration · team · transparency
Signalling Through The ‘Fog Of Confusion’
June 4th, 2008 2 Comments
The members of the London Assembly have called into question “the manner and nature” of the appointment of Boris’s advisers. The Business Management and Administration Committee, to whom the revealing finance report was originally delivered, have demanded answers to a series of questions including:
The cost and length of appointment of each of the 15 ‘consultants’.
The [...]
Tags: avoiding the public · earnings · jobs · salaries
Why The Hell Didn’t I Apply For A Job?
June 3rd, 2008 3 Comments
In a written response to a question by Darren Johnson, Boris last week refused to reveal how much the public was paying for his team of his advisers. Today, however, we see that slyly imbedded in a report to the Business Management and Administration Committee is the admission that the pay of these consultants ‘will [...]
Tags: broken promises · budget · earnings · greed · jobs · team · transparency
Jack of five trades, master of none?
May 15th, 2008 14 Comments
Hello, Boris-watchers. My name is (strictly speaking, not) Mr. Stop Boris. You may know me from such web sites as StopBoris.org, such blogs as the Stop Boris blog, and such lyrical outings as MYR of LDN. Rarely in the history of the blogosphere has one man dedicated so much time to so many closely related [...]
Tags: earnings · greed · Henley · jobs · MP · MPA · Telegraph · TfL