Boris says "you're not fired"

What a pleasure it was today to finally hear London’s illustrious Mayor, Boris Johnson, discuss the ‘sacking’ of Met Chief Sir Ian Blair. Johnson, who reminds me of a gonk I once owned, was clear to stress that he did not fire Sir Ian, but instead told him politely to leave (pronto).

We also learnt of the use of Icelandic banks in holding some of the London City Councils money.  Boris, according to reliable sources, spent much of yesterday calling the help line to ascertain what was going on. I wonder whether he would have moved the money to a safer home last week had he not misplaced the internet log-in id...