Stephen Glover gives Boris Johnson both barrels because the newly-elected mayor of London is to resume his £250,000 a year Daily Telegraph column. He writes in The Independent:
Boris wants everything and I mean everything. He is like a little boy with his nose pressed to the window of a tuck shop who, when asked by a tender parent whether he would like a chocolate bar, replies that he certainly would, along with a bag of toffees, some fudge and a box of marshmallows too... Do not think me censorious. Boris has quite expensive tastes, and four children to educate, and it would be a lot to ask him to grind along on a mayoral salary of nearly £140,000 a year, even though his wife brings home a fair amount of bacon as a divorce lawyer.
Am I alone in detecting a hint of envy here?
