8 February 2013 - 13:41

London Mayor Boris Johnson has ambushed British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on a live weekly program on London's Biggest Conversation (LBC) radio station, saying that ministers should not waste taxpayers’ money on “posh limos”.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Referring to himself as Boris from Islington, the London Mayor called on cabinet ministers to stop wasting money on their super expensive cars and to rather use the capital’s public transport.

"I just want to ask you when are you going to get all those Government ministers out of their posh limos and onto public transport like everybody else?” Johnson said.

“How can we possibly expect Government to vote for increases in infrastructure spending which we need in this city and upgrading the Tube, which we all need, when they sit in their chauffeur-driven limousines, paid for by the taxpayer, rather than getting down on public transport with the rest of us?” he added.

Answering the Mayor’s question, Clegg claimed that the money used to pay for the cars and everything for ministers has been slashed by almost 70 percent compared to the last Labour government.

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