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.