Three down now for Boris

So now it appears that Boris Johnson has lost a third member of his team.

Tim Parker who has been in the job of Deputy Mayor for less than a month is being reported that he has resigned after being told that he would not be getting the top post at transport for London.

Iain Dale appears to have broken the story and according to him

Boris will now chair TfL himself. Parker will not be replaced as First Deputy Mayor. I am told that there has been no falling out and that the decision is mutual.
Tim Parker is a protege of Francis Maude and was brought in to "help" Boris by the transition team headed by Nicholas Boles. The subtle impression given was that he there to stop Boris being Boris and be the day to day business manager of the administration. My reading of his formal departure (although he will continue as an adviser) is that this is a crucial decision, and means that Boris is putting his stamp on his own administration. TfL is crucial to this, as he has now (finally) come to understand.

Update c/O Boris Watch

Ken Livingstone has made the following comment

Tim Parker was supposed to be the cornerstone of Boris Johnson’s administration.
His exit after just a couple of months in fact confirms the chaos which has
existed in Boris Johnson’s administration since day one.
“This is the third
resignation of one of Boris Johnson’s most senior officers in only three months
- following Deputy Mayor Ray Lewis and Deputy Chief of Staff James McGrath and
other Deputy Mayors and top appointees are known to be at one another’s throats
within City Hall.
“All this flows from Boris Johnson’s incoherent policies
for London and therefore incapacity to run the city.
“While some Tory
sections of the press gave a glowing evaluation of Boris Johnson’s first 100
days the reality was quite different and those following the administration
closely were fully aware of the growing chaos at its heart. The resignation the
First Deputy Mayor brings this chaos right out into the open.
“This latest
resignation, after Boris Johnson’s Deputy Chief of Staff and his deputy Ray
Lewis, indicates how unfit the Tories are not only to run London but also the
country.”