Still no word on the bus, but Boris has today announced no fewer than three more Deputy Mayors.
As we learnt over the weekend Ray Lewis was named Deputy Mayor for Young People, but didn’t qualify to be London’s statutory deputy as he isn’t a member of the assembly. Boris today named two more specialist deputies and a bonefide Deputy who does qualify for the title.
Richard Barnes, the multilingual Conservative assembly member who has spent years living Denmark, Sweden and Norway, gets the official number two job. He is a member of both the Metropolitan Police Authority and the North West London Strategic Health Authority.
Also appointed is Kit Malthouse, another Conservative assembly member, famed for his five year long battle to ban prostitution ads from phone boxes and another crusade to banish filth, when he campaigned for an end to the ‘homes for votes’ scandal involving Tory councillor Shirley Porter.
The appointments continued with Ian Clement, another Deputy Mayor, this time for Government Relations. Clement’s day jobs is at the Royal Mail, where he is a manager.
Finally, a close associate of David Cameron, Sir Simon Milton becomes Senior Adviser, Planning. Milton married his partner Robert Davis, another Tory councillor and former Lord Mayor of Wesminster in a civil ceremony last year.
