Boris' salaries

Boris yesterday kept another promise when he published the full list of his advisers' salariies.

The big message appears to be that there are some people who deserve immense praise for refusing to sup from the public purse: Kit Malthouse, for instance, who is taking his Assembly Member's salary but no more for his role as Deputy Mayor for policing - a job which, I imagine, will be unrelenting. Sir Simon Milton, too, and, at first sight, Kate Hoey (although I'm unclear if her role is as real as the title makes it seem).  

As for the others: the money they are taking from us for their services is huge. Don't get me wrong: if people are doing tough jobs which would in another walk of life command a large salary then they should be properly compensated. But attacks on the public sector gravy train are that much more convincing from a party which is not itself part of that gravy train.