Apparently London mayor Boris Johnson thinks getting £250,000 a year for being a part-time journalist isn’t an obscenely massive salary and he defends it by saying he makes a “substantial donation” to charity.

If he’s looking for worthy causes to assuage his conscience, as a fellow journalist he could do worse than sling a few of his hard-earned quids this way. Or this way if members go out on strike. Or, similarly, this way etc.

Of course, while we won’t hold our collective breath waiting for the millionaire mayor to cough up, it is worth repeating the appeal to support the legal defence of seven Gambian journalists facing trial for sedition following publication of an article that criticised the country’s president.

Posted by Rich Simcox

Tags: Boris Johnson, ethics, Gambia, industrial action, job cuts, news, Newspapers, pay, solidarity, strike