It was all going so well. The Evening Standard today reports that Boris Johnson has abondoned his pledge for a statue of New Zealander Sir Keith Park on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
A written answer, in the name of Boris Johnson but plainly not written by him, says of the fourth plinth: "I recognise that this revolving programme has proved very popular and I welcome the important contribution it has made in shaping public debate about contemporary art."
Very popular with whom? Not with Londoners who have just voted for a man who said he was going to replace it with a statue of Sir Keith Park.
