Sadiq Khan’s Night Tsar, Amy Lamé, who’s raking in a whopping £132,000 a year, is on “unplanned sick leave” from the GLA. This leave is said to have been going on for at least six weeks with no return in sight. Yet, miraculously, she’s still managing to present her BBC Radio 6 shows every Saturday and Sunday. She’s not exactly lying low—her Instagram is bursting with snaps of her gardening and promoting her BBC show. All this on the taxpayer’s dime…
While Lamé is busy flaunting her “sick leave” lifestyle, she’s been a no-show at two crucial public meetings about London’s nightlife. Meanwhile, the number of pub closures in London hit a record high last year. Guido did contact City Hall for a comment. No wonder the phrase “Lame London” was coined after her…
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the GLA said: “As is the case with all GLA employees, we don’t discuss the individual circumstances of members of staff.”
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”
