Third day in a row on Boris’ bad behaviour.
Just received the bi-monthly report from my good friend John Biggs, London Assembly Member for City and East. In it he reports more bad behaviour from Boris Johnson:
“Another Boris Moment (or two)
There have been no big problems with Mayoral Advisers, for a change, since my last report. There are however a couple of contentious matters to report.
First, the problem the Mayor caused at the Police Authority, over the Damian Green affair. The media frenzy has passed and a report has been issued. Labour members do not want a repeat of events when Ken was Mayor, when he was suspended by the Standards Board (until this was overturned in the courts) but we do want Mayor Boris to acknowledge the foolishness of divulging confidential briefings and opining on sensitive policing matters when he is Chair of the Police Authority. The report, which needs to be considered by the Standards Committee, does conclude that his behaviour was “extraordinary and unwise” and risked being “perceived as furthering private interests”. The evidence also reveals conversations took place between him and David Cameron before he issued his statements. The affair has highlighted his political clumsiness and questions his judgement.
John Biggs said: “As a footnote to this, bizarrely, I spent about a month over Christmas rebutting a rather thuggish threat by him to sue me over comments I made on television about the matter. I see this as a signal that he will use the Civil Courts – that refuge for rich men the world over, some of whom later prove to be scoundrels – to attack his opponents when it suits him. “
Good on John for standing up to this attempt to bully him into silence, and shame on Boris for trying to squash democratic debate and accountability.
