Lee Jasper, Deputy Mayor of London

[TopCat]

I must have missed Lee’s time as Deputy Mayor.

But he refers to himself as such both on the poster below and on his Facebook page.


Did I miss his term somehow? Lee Japser can you explain?

 

[Ax^]

 

[DaveCinzano]

I remember him being a policy advisor under Livingstone but not a deputy mayor. I think the Mayor can appoint up to ten or so?

 

[Pickman's model]

strangely the phrase 'deputy mayor' doesn't appear on his wikipedia page Lee Jasper - Wikipedia

 

[Pickman's model]

I remember him being a policy advisor under Livingstone but not a deputy mayor. I think the Mayor can appoint up to ten or so?

yeh but sadly it looks like lee got left off the list (see my previous post)

 

[Pickman's model]

I must have missed Lee’s time as Deputy Mayor.

But he refers to himself as such both on the poster below and on his Facebook page.


Did I miss his term somehow? Lee Japser can you explain?
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to answer this i searched the nexis database of newspapers, using the search terms "lee jasper" and "deputy mayor" and at no point during the period he claims to have been deputy mayor (2000-2008) was he deputy mayor, it was of course former haringey councillor nicky gavron

 

[DaveCinzano]

strangely the phrase 'deputy mayor' doesn't appear on his wikipedia page Lee Jasper - Wikipedia

It's on his LinkedIn so that's alright then

 

[TopCat]

His profile in the guardian doesn’t mention being Deputy Mayor of London.

Profile: Lee Jasper

The London mayor's race adviser has a reputation for courting controversy

www.google.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

An Oversight of Racism in the UK - Dialogue Society

Monitoring and understanding individual cases of racism and the extent to which it is embedded in British society, at least on a statistical level has proven difficult as victims can be reluctant to come forward. However, the UK government has released a report regarding hate crime in England...

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[TopCat]

It’s pretty blatant even for Lee.

 

[Pickman's model]

to answer this i searched the nexis database of newspapers, using the search terms "lee jasper" and "deputy mayor" and at no point during the period he claims to have been deputy mayor (2000-2008) was he deputy mayor, it was of course former haringey councillor nicky gavron

e2a: except for a little while when it was jenny jones Deputy Mayor of London - Wikipedia

 

[Pickman's model]

It’s pretty blatant even for Lee.

it's like leroy logan, the fundamentalist christian cop who brought the homophobes of truce to hackney, who affects the title of dr when he only has an honorary doctorate.

 

[TopCat]

Obtains a pecuniary advantage by deception immediately comes to mind.

 

[Ax^]

It's on his LinkedIn so that's alright then

update his own Linkedin first irish deputy mayor of london

now waits for the phone calls

 

[Pickman's model]

update his own Linkedin first irish deputy mayor of london

now waits for the phone calls

sure the euros will soon be rolling in

 

[DaveCinzano]

The GLA Act sets out that the Deputy Mayor must be an Assembly member, and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Post-Livingstone it seems that Mayors have chosen to call policy advisors 'deputy mayors' even though there doesn't appear to be any statutory underpinning.

Section 49: The Deputy Mayor
109.Section 49 provides for the appointment of a deputy Mayor. The Mayor will be required to appoint a deputy Mayor from amongst the Assembly members, and will be required to appoint the deputy Mayor as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority. The Mayor will be able to delegate functions to the Deputy Mayor, and the Deputy Mayor will, on agreeing to do so, become Acting Mayor if there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor or the Mayor is temporarily unable to act.

110.The Deputy Mayor cannot be the Chair or Deputy Chair of the Assembly.

111.The Mayor may dismiss the Deputy Mayor at any time. A Deputy Mayor may resign at any time. In either case, the Mayor must appoint a successor.

Greater London Authority Act 1999 - Explanatory Notes

www.legislation.gov.uk

 

[TopCat]

it's like leroy logan, the fundamentalist christian cop who brought the homophobes of truce to hackney, who affects the title of dr when he only has an honorary doctorate.

I beg to differ. Leroy is able to claim member of the kennel club or what have you. But if he claimed to be a former commissioner he would get nicked.

 

[Pickman's model]

I beg to differ. Leroy is able to claim member of the kennel club or what have you. But if he claimed to be a former commissioner he would get nicked.

similar levels of (dis)honesty

 

[Pickman's model]

The GLA Act sets out that the Deputy Mayor must be an Assembly member, and serves at the behest of the Mayor. Post-Livingstone it seems that Mayors have chosen to call policy advisors 'deputy mayors' even though there doesn't appear to be any statutory underpinning.

no such title was ever afforded jasper in any of the newspaper articles i've seen (about 60 covering the period)

 

[DaveCinzano]

No reference to 'deputy mayor' in this contemporaneous thread (2008) - only aide, advisor etc.

Lee (grapser?) Jasper resigns

Lee Jasper, A senior aide to Red Ken as the his race advisor has resigned, he is under a cloud of suspicion over misuse of GLA funds, and now risque emails. plenty of people on here will have had negative experiences of Jasper , some from his days as a radical fighting the far right, I...

www.urban75.net

 

[Pickman's model]

No reference to 'deputy mayor' in this contemporaneous thread (2008) - only aide, advisor etc.

Lee (grapser?) Jasper resigns

Lee Jasper, A senior aide to Red Ken as the his race advisor has resigned, he is under a cloud of suspicion over misuse of GLA funds, and now risque emails. plenty of people on here will have had negative experiences of Jasper , some from his days as a radical fighting the far right, I...

www.urban75.net

2019:

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[Pickman's model]

i think this may be the first promotion of jasper to deputy mayor:

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[DaveCinzano]

So the gist is 'person who was an advisor more than a decade ago has taken to using more impressive title because subsequent advisors were collectively rebranded'?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

He wasn’t the statutory Deputy Mayor but I suppose it is possible that he was secretly appointed as another one during this period or maybe even retrospectively awarded the title for reasons we could only speculate about.

 

[eatmorecheese]

All very confusing. But it did trigger this memory, which is a wonderful rediscovery...

 

[DaveCinzano]

He wasn’t the statutory Deputy Mayor but I suppose it is possible that he was secretly appointed as another one during this period or maybe even retrospectively awarded the title for reasons we could only speculate about.

Do you think he has a special badge? Was there a secret ceremony commending him on behalf of a grateful city after which his new epaulettes and medal ribbons had to be turned over to be safely stored in a security deposit box?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Do you think he has a special badge? Was there a secret ceremony commending him on behalf of a grateful city after which his new epaulettes and medal ribbons had to be turned over to be safely stored in a security deposit box?

Well I am by no means an expert, but yes I do now think all those things.

 

[planetgeli]

All very confusing. But it did trigger this memory, which is a wonderful rediscovery...

Jesus Christ

 

[DaveCinzano]

Well I am by no means an expert, but yes I do now think all those things.

I can't help but think of him as a municipal politics version of Steve Collura...



(Reader, in all likelihood it was neither incredible nor true)

 

[GarveyLives]

The GLA Act sets out that the Deputy Mayor must be an Assembly member, and serves at the pleasure of the Mayor.

Post-Livingstone it seems that Mayors have chosen to call policy advisors 'deputy mayors' even though there doesn't appear to be any statutory underpinning.

Greater London Authority Act 1999 - Explanatory Notes

www.legislation.gov.uk

So the gist is 'person who was an advisor more than a decade ago has taken to using more impressive title because subsequent advisors were collectively rebranded'?

Although Lee Jasper was never a "Deputy Mayor" of London (or anywhere else), there is now an abundance of officials whose job titles now include those words.

The first 'black' person to hold such a title was probably this man.