By way of a break from poring over this stuff, here's a list of questions I'd like the Mayor or City Hall to answer.
One: How does Munira Mirza respond to an Assembly member's suggestion that Boris's behaviour has put her in the "very difficult position" of having to defend it?
Two: Has there been a recent meeting between Munira Mirza and the organisation Arts and Business? (Wadley has just been recruited to its "advisory council", which will help her CV look a bit better when she applies for the ACE London job a second time; or, more to the point after, as expected, Boris has made sure she gets it and has to justify it).
Three: Regarding the re-run, will Munira Mirza again be presiding at the initial stage interview?
Four: Has Liz Forgan been asked to preside at the initial interview for a second time and, if so, what was her response?
Five: Has Sir David Durie been asked to preside at the initial interview for a second time and, if so, what was his response?
Six: Eleven applications for the ACE London job were evenutally received the first time it was advertised. Do you anticipate a larger or a smaller number will respond the second time around?
Seven: Both Liz Forgan (chair of ACE and, of course, of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian) and Sir David Durie have said in letters now made public that at the end of the initial interview meeting, which Munira Mirza too participated in, that it was agreed that three candidates would go forward to the second interview and that these did not include Veronica Wadley. Munira Mirza has subsequently provided a different version of what happened. Does that mean she thinks Forgan's and Sir David's account is false? Does Mayor Johnson think it is false?
Eight: Does the Mayor think there is any possibility that he will not appoint Veronica Wadley to the ACE London job at the end of the re-run application process?
I've put all these questions except number six through appropriate City Hall channels the past few weeks and days. None have yet been replied to. I put the last two to Boris himself on the ninth floor of City Hall straight after yesterday's tax increment financing press conference. He failed to answer either then said he needed some refreshment and disappeared.
I still adore him and everything, but this is silly. And there are so many more questions to come...
