*BORIS BILKS BUSKER.

The above headline has been exercising some people on the blogsphere.

It is alleged that Boris posed for photos in front of a busker while waving a £20 note. When the photographer left, Boris pocketed the £20.

I remember that during the 2004 GLA elections, I dropped a £1 coin to a busker under Parliament Square. When he saw my rosette, he said ‘Hold on a moment’ and grabbed a handful of change and said ‘That’s for the Green Party!’

I must be the only person to have received money from a busker :-)