Edmund Lazarus. What Is Cronyism? Discuss

Matt Taylor:

"Boris Johnson came under fire today after appointing a city financier who donated £22,500 to his campaign fund to an influential board at City Hall...Edmund Lazarus, who was a Tory councillor in Westminster during the 1990s, sits on the board of private equity firm Englefield. According to the Electoral Commission website he gave £10,000 to Johnson's campaign in October and another £12,500 in February. As an LDA board member he will be paid £14,000 for a minimum of three days work a month."

Well, well. Now read on.

Comments

[Helen]

I'm reminded of the 1981 GLC Elections when Time Out (of all people) discovered that Horace Cutler had accepted large donations from all the major construction companies.

[kb]

I think it's only fair to point out that this article appeared first in the Evening Standard.
The paper does not just put down Ken and promote Boris but reports on City Hall

[Dave Hill]

Hello kb. I must admit I didn't know the Standard had covered the Lazarus connection (though I had assumed it would). I knew the Guardian was because I spoke to Matthew Taylor when he was working on his piece, and therefore knew when it was going live on the Guardian site and linked accordingly. Trust me, though, I am very aware that much of the Standard's coverage of mayoralty-related matters is fair and accurate. I think it would be good if such material enjoyed a higher profile in the paper than the other variety.