John Ross was Ken Livingstone's Director of Economic and Business Policy. As such, tourism was one of his areas of responsibility. Posting at his newly-launched blog, he summarises Bidwell's forthcoming departure from Visit London as follows:
The resignation of James Bidwell as Chief Executive of Visit London essentially completes the destruction by Boris Johnson's administration of the world class marketing and promotion apparatus built up for London during the period Ken Livingstone was Mayor of London.
Not won over by The Blond just yet, it seems. Now read on.