When Ivan Massow appeared on LBC last month, the London mayoral hopeful had a car crash interview. He was outed on air for advertising for a campaign assistant for his mayoral bid at a rate of £6.50 per hour, below the London living wage, despite preaching about how expensive it is to live in London.
What’s more, the fact that he was employing someone on a wage below the living wage appeared to come as something of a surprise to the businessman, which can be viewed from the 7.40 mark on the video:
‘We don’t actually have anyone on that… oh God.’
The incident provoked the ire of LBC presenter Iain Dale who was quick to blast Massow on Twitter:
Ivan Massow wants to be Mayor of London. If he can’t answer this simple question from @ShelaghFogarty… http://t.co/C2WPgNyVGQ #crashburn
— Iain Dale (@IainDale) May 22, 2015
In fact, Dale has made little secret of his reservations about the Mayoral hopeful:
Does Ivan Massow really think anyone is going to vote for him? Just seen his latest plan for a huge prison on the Isle of Sheppey. Insane. — Iain Dale (@IainDale) February 9, 2015
So it is with some amusement that Mr S learns that Massow is to take part in the Conservative Way Forward mayoral hustings next month, which will be chaired by none other than… Iain Dale. Surely this is the last thing that Massow needs now that odds-on favourite Zac Goldsmith has confirmed he is entering the race.
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