London’s mayor, Ken Livingstone, today met his Cuban counterpart for a cultural exchange seminar in the London Assembly building. A controversial figure in his own country, Mayor Kenyo Livezstonez had earlier seen for himself the impact that congestion charges have made on the city. ‘This is what we hope to copy in Cuba,’ he told reporters as he followed traffic control officers on their rounds. ‘Donkeys with baskets, pack mules, and old ladies carrying groceries on head… This is wonderful example of what local government can do to help prevent America destroy the world with their combustion engines.’

Later in the day, Mayor Livingstone announced plans to import a thousand Cuban donkeys to help ease the burden on London’s fleet of taxis. ‘Working together, Havana and London will show the rest of the world how a modern metropolis can be both green and prosperous,’ he drawled before announcing plans to import five hundred old ladies carrying groceries on their heads. ‘Does anything symbolise London,’ he asked, ‘more than a pensioner trying to carry their own weight in potatoes?’

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