Mayoral adviser should have gone earlier says Dee Doocey

1.25.00pm GMT Tue 9th Dec 2008

Commenting on the resignation of David Ross, Mayor Boris Johnson's appointment to the Board of the Local Organising Committee of the 2012 London Olympic games, Dee Doocey the Lib Dem Olympic spokesperson said:

"He (David Ross) has done the right thing in standing down but Boris Johnson should have seen earlier that the case for him going was overwhelming. Now the Mayor must urgently replace Mr Ross with someone more appropriate on the LOCOG board so that Londoners can be re-assured that the costs of the Olympics are being closely monitored."