After eight years of poorly serving the capital, there was relief from London taxpayers last month when Amy Lamé announced she was standing down as Sadiq Khan’s ‘Night Czar’. On her watch, dozens of clubs, pubs and bars closed down, all the while she continued to enjoy inflation-busting pay rises. It was Mr S who broke the news last year that Khan had handed her a 40 per cent wage increase, with her final salary being eventually more than £132,000 a year. So much for performance relayed pay eh?
Lamé is no longer claiming a taxpayer salary – but she still continues to embarrass herself. This afternoon it was announced that the popular London nightclub Heaven has been closed on public safety grounds. Why, you ask? Because, shockingly, a woman was allegedly raped in the vicinity of the venue by a member of security staff earlier this month. The Met says that a staff member has been arrested, charged with rape and is on remand in prison. The force successfully applied to Westminster Council to suspend the licence of the venue until a full hearing can take place.
So, what did Lamé choose to do? She took to Instagram to declare the following:
Today Westminster Council, supported by the Met Police, has taken the controversial decision to close Heaven, the UK’s longest running and historically important LGBTQ+ nightclub. Our community is being held to double standards, targeted by institutional homophobia and is the victim of legally questionable interpretation of licensing regulations. Let the battle commence #SaveHeaven
Of all the licensing matters for Lamé to care about, this is the hill she chooses to die on? Neil Garratt, the Leader of the City Hall Tories hit back strongly:
Absolutely disgusting response from our disgraced ex-Night Czar, Lame Amy. Trying to make herself to be the victim, when there is a very clear victim who deserves everyone’s utmost sympathy. What an appalling response to a human tragedy.
Presumably she’s jealous she didn’t get to be the person responsible for another nightclub closure in London.
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