ON THE collective bad-acid trip on which Peter Mandelson’s mind-bending return has taken British politics, we should be surprised by nothing any more. In this hallucinogenic state, it makes perfect sense for Boris Johnson to appoint Sir Martin Sorrell to an advisory role to the Mayor of London’s office. Sir Martin has just moved the tax domicile of his giant WPP advertising company from London to Dublin to avoid British taxes. What better qualified a person to chair Boris’ international business advisory council, set up to encourage companies to locate in London? His first success in the job came after a six-hour meeting with 35 company chairmen (they all were), at the end of which Boris emerged muttering a warning that other businesses might be moving overseas. Pass the tabs.
