Ken Cocks It Up

It seems that the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has made a rare admission of a mistake.

Well, rather, he has blamed an underling for a mistake.

The cock up relates to an invitation issued to Linford Christie (banned for steroid use) to be one of the Olympic torchbearers at the London 2012 Olympics. The invitation was in writing, and signed by Ken.

However, once it became public knowledge that Christie had been invited, there was an almighty storm of protest about how having a cheat acting as a protagonist in the Games would send the wrong message.

Initially the Greater London Authority (GLA) tried the old trick of denying the story, saying that the reports were "inaccurate".

However, the truth finally overcame the spin and Ken was keen to extricate himself from the mess. He revoked the invitation blaming an underling for the error.