Boris Johnson pens on occasion for the Daily Telegraph; a £250,000pa part-time job the Mayor of London famously described as “chicken feed“. Today he produces a column slating the infamous public sector “non job” industry and and calling for them to be slashed. So far, so sensible.

However he’s come under fire recently from the Tory grassroots at ConservativeHome for not always practicing what he preaches in this respect. Many of the newt-lovers’ cronies are still polishing chairs at City Hall and they certainly don’t have a Tory agenda in mind when spending (and taking) taxpayers money. Assembly members, even close Boris allies, are grumbling audibly in Mayor’s Questions. And so it was without much surprise that Pete Moore on A Tangled Web spotted this job being advertised.

Physician, heal thyself.