As a politician that once forgot to correctly declare his earnings, no one will be surprised by Mr Livingstone’s colourful rhetoric after the embarrassment caused by the recent ‘train ticket malfunction’ when travelling out of London.

TCE can’t help but see the irony alongside millions of other Londoners, who had to put up with Livingstone’s cronyism, deceit, and hypocrisy, during his tenure as Mayor.

This little bit of publicity must be difficult even for a man driven so much by spin and self promotion.