Havana, Cuba - (Associated Mess): It's official. The Mayor of London's cheap Xmas crack deal with President Chavez of Venezuela has fallen at the first hurdle after a 100+ tonne consignment of Santa's little helper powders had to be aborted following the inexplicable cancellation of his Caracas visit today.
Four days of lounging about in the capital of the Non-Aligned Crack Barons' Movement in Havana at UK taxpayers' expense with eight of his stalwart cohorts from County Hole in London has come to nought after Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was leaned on by Mexican go-betweens claiming priority arrangements for the Thanksgiving season in cocaine-starved Southern Californian markets.
Speaking to UK TV reporters, Livingstone played down the failure of his trade mission and insisted an essential UK Olympic Delivery Authority goodwill trip to Bogota next month would help him crack-on with his Xmas scheduile.
