I thought about voting in the local elections, but in the end I decided against it. I belonged to that very large number of people – millions – who never wanted the embarrassment and expense of a London mayor in the first place. We are comparable to the millions and millions of Welsh who never wanted a national assembly – the majority of Welsh people. Millions of Scots – not a majority, but nonetheless a sizeable proportion of the population – did not want a Scottish parliament. Voting in a mayoral election would only encourage whatever fool got chosen. London was much better organised by the old GLC. The mayors have all been inefficient show-offs who, in so far as they’ve had any control over things, have made life in London noticeably worse – less efficient public transport, more ugly buildings which mysteriously sidestep the (actually quite strict and sensible)...
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