Plus: Zac Goldsmith tells me that he won’t stand in a by-election if the Heathrow decision fails to go his way.
We also have the running order for candidate interviews on Saturday week.
Whether he is or isn’t on it is a test case of whether the Party practices the values it preaches.
We list the committee members who will decide the Open Primary Shortlist. If it’s wide of the mark in any way, please direct your complaints to CCHQ.
CCHQ’s secrecy over the London Mayoral candidate selection spits in the face of Party members.
Plus: Greenhalgh impresses as only three candidates show at a hustings. Osborne’s minimum wage. And: Hunting – I don’t like posh people on horses killing foxes.
The view of London members may be sharply different from those based elsewhere. But it is hard to argue that this finding isn’t promising for the Richmond Park MP.
If we want London to continue to thrive and prosper then there is only one candidate
The contest should run “long” rather than “short”. And our preference is for a ballot of members – which all candidates’ names should be on.
Plus: Labour – Alastair Campbell v Labour failure. Tories – Dale v Massow? Labour again: Watson V Flint V Eagle V…. And: Roy Jenkins’s sex life. P.S: I’m getting married.
Sol Campbell is among those who will attend the event – which is to be chaired by Iain Dale.
Plus: Ivan Massow – a joke. Greenhalgh and Boff – no charisma. Tulip Siddiq and Stephen Kinnock – impressive. And: Ben Harris-Quinney (for it is he)
Here is my blueprint for home ownership if I am elected Mayor of London next year.
The challenge for a future Mayor is to make London less expensive and the most practical way that a Mayor can achieve this is by cutting fares.
Plus: Bennett’s brain fade. Why I will not put my name in for Kensington. No to Sol Campbell. Why there are no gay people in Alabama. And: arise, Lord Montgomerie!