Saturday 5 July 2008

Will Black Deputy Mayor ever face his accusers?

Ray Lewis' resignation as Deputy Mayor last Friday almost mirrored that of Ken Livingstone's Black Aide, Lee Jasper, in March 2008.

Both cited the media for their downfall, but both had clearly lied.  In the case of Ray Lewis it was his role as a Justice of the Peace, which transpires wasn't completely accurate and in Lee Jaspers' case, it was about his relationship with Karen Chouhan, with whom he had an email exchange, which led to the breaking of the story about corruption in City Hall.

But, the other allegations around both men are simply that - allegations. Neither have been found innocent nor guilty.

One would have hoped that after four months, there would have been some progress into bringing to light