Written by Beyond New Labour on Labourhome
The man who came to London to end the frivolous and unaccountable spending has just paid an invoice for changing lightbulbs during his Mayoral campaign.
The total bill for changing 5 lightbulbs, including £28.98 per hour for 2 hours work (24 mins per bulb) and 10% admin charge, came to £88.81. Efficiency at the heart of the Conservative agenda.
Hat tip to lib dem voice.
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That’s a bill from the estate management company at County Hall - the only people who would be allowed to change a bulb in his office. Not really much they could’ve done about it.
dutch said this on August 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Except negotiate better perhaps?
Recess Monkey said this on August 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
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How much does it cost for Mayor Boris to change a lightbulb? said this on August 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Negotiate better? I reitorate what dutch said. He would have been unable to change the contractor at county hall and the £28.98/hr labour charge is not really that high.
It’s also not as if changing lightbulbs is some frivolous expense, or he was paying his mates and not taking any notice of where the money went.
That Gove story was brilliant, this one is sh*te.
Stephen said this on August 6th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Er, wasn’t the bill footed by CCHQ - not the taxpayer? Surely the crux is that Ken wasted OUR money, whereas here Boris only used rich party donors’ cash.
Lucy said this on August 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Where do I sign up for this job? I’ll bring me own ladder.
Brandyt Hart said this on August 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pm