Last night Boris Johnson took part in his final State of London debate with LBC host Nick Ferrari, before he finishes in his role as Mayor of London and focuses on work as an MP. Mr S can’t see him forgetting this debate anytime soon, however, after the blundering politician had an awkward encounter with a man in a wheelchair.
After a number of audience members stood up in City Hall to quiz Johnson on the lack of affordable London housing, Uber’s threat to black cab drivers, and the noise pollution that could be caused by airport expansion, Ferrari and Boris became involved in a spat about nuclear weapons. When Boris asked the LBC host what he would do in the same situation, he replied ‘I’m not the mayor’. Then Ferrari cut their conversation short to say that it was the turn of Nicholas Atkinson to ask a question:
‘Right we move on to other questions. Nicholas in Docklands, where are you sir? Can you wave at me? We’re over there Mr Mayor.
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