http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/04/choose-mayor-advisers-with-care-says-paddick/ Our UK correspondents' insights Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/04/choose-mayor-advisers-with-care-says-paddick/#comment-1863 Brian Paddick Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:15:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/04/choose-mayor-advisers-with-care-says-paddick/#comment-1863 No, of course I am not going to run City hall as a one man band. I am going to openly advertise for the posts of Mayoral advisors and ensure London gets the best people for the job rather than people who happen to know the Mayor or who have worked with him in the past. Personal patronage is what is happening now and that is what the Conservative candidate plans to do if he becomes Mayor and London deserves better. I am also going to listen to Londoners, something I did when I was in the police, something the current Mayor no longer does and something that the Conservative candidate has never done. The problem with Livingstone is not that he does not listen to his advisors, it is that his advisors have their own personal agendas and he listens to no-one else. No, of course I am not going to run City hall as a one man band. I am going to openly advertise for the posts of Mayoral advisors and ensure London gets the best people for the job rather than people who happen to know the Mayor or who have worked with him in the past. Personal patronage is what is happening now and that is what the Conservative candidate plans to do if he becomes Mayor and London deserves better. I am also going to listen to Londoners, something I did when I was in the police, something the current Mayor no longer does and something that the Conservative candidate has never done. The problem with Livingstone is not that he does not listen to his advisors, it is that his advisors have their own personal agendas and he listens to no-one else.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/04/choose-mayor-advisers-with-care-says-paddick/#comment-1844 Mike T Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/04/04/choose-mayor-advisers-with-care-says-paddick/#comment-1844 Does Paddick presume to run London as a one-man band? We have had enough of tin-pot dictators in the shape of Livingstone. What we need is indeed a mayor who will listen to his advisers and work for the people of London instead of promoting his own narrow interests or political ideology. Does Paddick presume to run London as a one-man band? We have had enough of tin-pot dictators in the shape of Livingstone. What we need is indeed a mayor who will listen to his advisers and work for the people of London instead of promoting his own narrow interests or political ideology.

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