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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Mayor Boris Johnson: instructor in Latin, champion of the poor

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London Citizens and the Unite union are to protest later today outside the British Hospitality Association's (BHA) Annual Luncheon against hospitality operators' refusal to adopt the London Living Wage. London Mayor Boris Johnson will urge those at the lunch to voluntarily adopt the wage – currently set at £7.60 an hour in recognition of the higher cost of living in the capital – in a speech at the event.

I sometimes think London Citizens are the single most improving influence on the Mayor. It's partly thanks to them that he argues for "earned citizenship" too. He recently met the Citizens for a long-promised meeting. I can reveal their delegation included a migrant from Zimbabwe called Adolphus. Boris greeted him warmly, admired his name and proceeded to enlighten him about its Latin root. All hail the mentoring Mayor.

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