If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250k Telegraph column?

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Questions will also be asked as to how, if he's too busy to chair the MPA, he is able to write a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph - at a salary of £250,000

Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to explain precisely why he has stepped down as chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) – just 15 months into the role and less than two years after being elected on a manifesto which pledged to “provide strong leadership” by “taking responsibility and chairing” the MPA.

It was one of five pledges made by the Mayor, the failed fulfilment of which calls into question his ability to meet the other four promises he made, to make public transport safer, tackle gun and knife crime, help the victims of sexual violence ,and provide an accountable police service.

Questions will also be asked as to how, if he’s too busy to chair the MPA, he is able to write a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph – at a salary of £250,000 – a point made by Liberal Conspiracy and in a comment on The Guardian:

“Isn’t the important point that Boris spouted on about how he would chair the MPA in his manifesto and has now gone back on that promise? Not enough time indeed? He manages to find the time to write his chicken feed Telegraph columns doesn’t he?”

Last week, the Mayor’s ‘island airport’ idea was slapped down by David Cameron, who said it was “not our policy”, adding:

“Building airports is not his responsibility”

And yesterday he refused a Freedom of Information Act request to release secret correspondence between himself and Prince Charles regarding “hugely sensitive planning decisions and major financial and political deals”, with today’s Standard asking:

“What’s to hide?”

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15 Responses to “If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250k Telegraph column?”

  1. Liberal Conspiracy » Boris too busy for police but not Telegraph column

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  2. James Cowley

    RT @leftfootfwd: If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250,000 Telegraph column? http://is.gd/79Q4j

  3. Mr. Sensible

    For Borris, things started badly with his decision to sack Sir Ian Blair and they have gone downhill from there.

    Over the weekend, i read somewhere how the Conservative Home website had listed his top 100 acheavements since he took office.

    The only one I might agree with is making Oister available on the rail network.

    But, how can you properly fund that if you scrap the West London extention to the congestion charge?

    Sounds like the Tories are, again, trying to convince us they support public transport when, in reality, they do not.

  4. David Morton

    RT @leftfootfwd: If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250,000 Telegraph column? http://is.gd/79Q4j

  5. Claire Spencer

    It's almost as if the money had influenced Boris' decision, isn't it? How odd! #popcorn http://bit.ly/9fAlyu

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