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14:50 April 7th, 2008

Call him Johnson

Posted by: Jodie Ginsberg
Tags: Division Bell, UK News, , , , , , ,

boris1.jpgEvery time Labour ministers call the Conservative candidate for London mayor by first name alone they’ll have to pay £5 into a ’swear box’.

“What we have to avoid is a situation where people think this election is a joke and that the future of London is not serious,” Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell told Sky News.

If this is all about taking the upcoming election seriously though, why has there been no similar decree regarding “Ken” (Livingstone), the equally maverick Labour candidate? And what will Labour do with all the money it makes from ministers who slip up?

One comment so far

They could use the money to buy a leaving present for Ken, but perhaps that would be too nice a gesture for the “nasty party”.

- Posted by Mike T

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