Boris Johnson: all fingers and thumbs with computers

One of the planks of Boris Johnson’s manifiesto when he ran for London Mayor was that, if successful, he would be ‘giving the taxpayer value for money’.

So it’s completely consistent with that ethos that he’s spending 40 chuffing grand turning all the logos on the Greater London Assembly’s website blue.

I’d suggest that he get out there and get a second quote. When I’m avoiding work I like to rebrand Chicken Yoghurt. It takes a couple of hours if I’m really spinning it out.

I worry that Boris went to the meeting with his web designers and said ‘look here chaps, I know nothing about computers, so I’ll leave it to you, ok?’. The webmonkeys would have left the meeting high-fiving and making kerching! noises. There hasn’t been a quote for a job of work in human history that hasn’t been garnished in the face of a client who’s been far too honest as to their ignorance.

Now, I appreciate that the GLA website is a little larger than mine but the trick with templates and centrally-held graphics is that you make one change and it cascades through the rest of the website. Easy.

Forty grand? Boris, I’ll do it for five.


Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 9:36am under Tories

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  1. Martin Wisse (8 comments.) on 10.07.2008 at 12:52 Permalink | Reply

    I’ll do it for 2,500, plus travel costs.

    1. Jim Bliss (150 comments.) on 10.07.2008 at 16:35 Permalink | Reply

      I’ll do it for £12,500.

      That’s 5 grand for you, Boris. Five grand for me.

      And we give the job to Martin…

  2. Justin on 10.07.2008 at 13:06 Permalink | Reply

    Oooh, a bidding war! A bidding war! Any more for any more?

  3. BenSix (4 comments.) on 10.07.2008 at 15:08 Permalink | Reply

    I’d make him an offer of £50 and knock a website together on wordpress.

    Ben

    BenSix’s latest blog post… The Alienation Operation

  4. AMX on 10.07.2008 at 19:10 Permalink | Reply

    This is government, there is no worry about COST.

  5. Cloned Poster on 10.07.2008 at 21:16 Permalink | Reply

    right click, change colour.

    Done for £2. who do I send the bill to?

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