The latest episode of the Sherlock threw up more of a whoizzit than a whodunnit with some semi-cryptic references to the mayor of London in a mocked-up newspaper article. The Times reports that the BBC has denied the piece which featured a "dithering, incoherent and self-interested " mayor was in no way an attack on Boris Johnson. The evidence, though, suggests otherwise as further down the story it mentions the mayor's "recently mocked concept of putting an airport in the middle of an estuary" and a quote that ends with "huzzah!" A BBC spokesman said: "Sherlock is a fictional drama series, both the newspaper and mayor featured in the episode were entirely fictional and were not named or politically affiliated." If it was a sly dig at Johnson, the writers may regret other brainwaves such as turning the Thames into a motorway and disused boats into Routemaster buses. They really shouldn't be putting ideas into his head.
