In an article for the Liberal Democrat Voice website, Caroline Pidgeon strongly criticises the way Boris Johnson has chosen to put party advantage above ethical standards, by failing to remove disgraced Brent Tory councillor Bertha Joseph from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
Caroline says:
Boris Johnson faced a crucial test. A test he completely failed. The Mayor should have automatically sacked her, but instead he allowed her to remain on the London Fire Authority simply to ensure that a Conservative majority was maintained. Put simply Party advantage was put before anything else. He tolerated something that would not be permitted in any other part of the country. He defended the indefensible. ...
Boris Johnson was elected pledging to clean up politics. At the time of his election, the Conservatives made continual allegations about serious cronyism that they claimed was entrenched in City Hall. Boris Johnson’s past pledges on tackling croynism in politics have a remarkable similarity to some of the claims now being made by David Cameron as he seeks to become Prime Minister. You have been warned. The Tories claim they want to clean up politics. In reality they are the part of the problem.