jon1959
01-07-16, 10:20
This is just rubbing his nose in it. Great.... give us more!
Boris Johnson's water cannon to be sold off without ever being used
Press Association Posted at 11:10
The three water cannon bought by Boris Johnson for Britain's largest police force for hundreds of thousands of pounds are set to be sold off - without ever being used.
New London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the move just under a year after Home Secretary Theresa May blocked the deployment of the equipment.
Her ruling was hugely embarrassing for Mr Khan's predecessor Boris Johnson, who had authorised the purchase of three second-hand cannon for Scotland Yard from German police at a cost of more than £200,000 before they were cleared for use.
Speaking at the State of London debate on Thursday night, Mr Khan said:
One of the deals Boris Johnson managed to do with the Germans was to buy three water cannon. What I'm going to do is sell them and use the money for youth services. This shows the inability of Boris Johnson to get a good deal - second hand, paid almost a quarter of a million pounds. We want to get rid of them. We are paying for storage facilities for these water cannon - that beggars belief."
Mr Johnson faced fresh mockery over the episode earlier on Thursday as Mrs May launched her bid to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader.
She said: "Boris negotiated in Europe. I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans, he came back with three nearly-new water cannon."
Boris Johnson's water cannon to be sold off without ever being used
Press Association Posted at 11:10
The three water cannon bought by Boris Johnson for Britain's largest police force for hundreds of thousands of pounds are set to be sold off - without ever being used.
New London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the move just under a year after Home Secretary Theresa May blocked the deployment of the equipment.
Her ruling was hugely embarrassing for Mr Khan's predecessor Boris Johnson, who had authorised the purchase of three second-hand cannon for Scotland Yard from German police at a cost of more than £200,000 before they were cleared for use.
Speaking at the State of London debate on Thursday night, Mr Khan said:
One of the deals Boris Johnson managed to do with the Germans was to buy three water cannon. What I'm going to do is sell them and use the money for youth services. This shows the inability of Boris Johnson to get a good deal - second hand, paid almost a quarter of a million pounds. We want to get rid of them. We are paying for storage facilities for these water cannon - that beggars belief."
Mr Johnson faced fresh mockery over the episode earlier on Thursday as Mrs May launched her bid to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader.
She said: "Boris negotiated in Europe. I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans, he came back with three nearly-new water cannon."