Some may argue that when the London Mayor has said to have dropped the anti-racism theme from an anti-racism festival it is worthy of discussion.
However, raising questions after Boris Johnson appears on TV seemingly not knowing what the Rise Festival is, let alone what decision he has supposed to have just made regarding it, after a newspaper has printed it and his own office has commented on it, is "nitpicking", apparently.
Journalist Andrew Gilligan certainly thinks so:
"The fuss over Rise symbolises the other "narrative" failure of Boris's opponents so far: their unfortunate tendency to nitpick about absolutely everything he does and proclaim it a disaster."
After a year of light-hearted commentating, he apparently thinks the Mayor's critics should take a leaf out of his book and look on the bright side of life:
"[Boris'] good nature seems to beat their humourless whingeing", he says (presumably with a chuckle)
Well, what should we take away from this whole episode then? Over to Gilligan:
"No ordinary Londoner, black or white, gives a damn"
I see.
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