When Ivan Massow appeared on LBC last month, the London mayoral hopeful had a car crash interview. He was outed on air for advertising for a campaign assistant for his mayoral bid at a rate of £6.50 per hour, below the London living wage, despite preaching about how expensive it is to live in London.
What’s more, the fact that he was employing someone on a wage below the living wage appeared to come as something of a surprise to the businessman, which can be viewed from the 7.40 mark on the video:
‘We don’t actually have anyone on that… oh God.’
The incident provoked the ire of LBC presenter Iain Dale who was quick to blast Massow on Twitter:
Ivan Massow wants to be Mayor of London. If he can’t answer this simple question from @ShelaghFogarty… http://t.co/C2WPgNyVGQ #crashburn
— Iain Dale (@IainDale) May 22, 2015
In fact, Dale has made little secret of his reservations about the Mayoral hopeful:
Does Ivan Massow really think anyone is going to vote for him? Just seen his latest plan for a huge prison on the Isle of Sheppey.
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