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Cold water poured on mayor’s cannon
Boris Johnson’s brainwave crashes on pre-election rocks
Boris Johnson’s inflammatory bid to flood London with “extremely dangerous” water cannon was doused by the Home Secretary yesterday amid a public outcry over safety.
The Tory mayor has already blown £218,000 of public money on purchasing second-hand water cannon for the Met.
Campaigners have warned of their danger after a German man was blinded after being hit by a water cannon during a protest in Stuttgart in 2010.
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