Hail to the geek

Stratford Town Hall. Now there's a grand Victorian building. I was there last night at a Labour fundraiser for Ken Livingstone's Mayoral campaign.

There is one fundamental reason why Ken should win this election. He loves the job. He's a total nerd about London and he revels in the minutiae of City Hall politics. There's no way Boris would sit through the interminable meetings that Ken does. Or make politically unpopular decisions that ultimately change the way this city works for the better.

We need Ken, the thick-skinned policy geek. The man that takes on the Evening Standard. The radical. The lover of London.