THE BORIS GRAVY TRAINS NON EXECS COST LONDONERS £800,000 PLUS A YEAR

BORIS & GRAVY TRAIN

Flashing around large amounts of our money on legions of 'advisers' is a defining feature of Johnson's character. Symptomatic of this is the number of  ' hangers on' he has appointed to Tfl and Crossrail. 
And it is not just the numbers of non exec directors he has appointed, but the huge amounts he pays them in fees: fees equalling those paid to experienced non exec directors of big FTSE companies.
It really is jobs for the boys.....

Collectively Crossrail and Tfl cost Londoners well in excess of £800,000 a year in non exec fees, including expenses. And that doesn't even include the over supply of exec directors we have to fund....

Crossrail has circa seven non executive directors....a number not far short of the massive and highly profitable FTSE 100 company, Vodaphone. And the fees paid are not dissimilar. If you are a non exec director of Crossrail, like Daniel Moylan, whose only other two non exec posts are two failing property investment trusts, you can collect £40,000 a year plus expenses...and, of course, Danny Boys picks up another £24,000 from Tfl....£64,000 a year for a few days a month!

Tfl has some very distinguished bods, including Richard Barnes, a mere local councillor and renowned for the filthy 'selfies' he took of himself and posted on Facebook.
Then there is an old TUC hack, Brendan Barber. Brendan has a whopping pension from the Brothers, but tops it up with his nice little Tfl earner.
We have someone called Bill Oddy(not the comedian) but an ex cabbie, whose other claims to fame are unknown and Steve Wright, who runs a car hire company.....all picking up £24,000 a year, plus expenses for a day a month or so! Expect to see Pooter Cockell getting on board soon......