Last Saturday
So, we went to the London Mayoral Gay Hustings in the morning, and I dare say it was rather entertaining.
The moderator and the candidates used quite a bit of humour and that always helps. Laughter served with a side of vitriol.
Even Adrian who wasn't too keen on going in the first place loved it!
It's amazing to think that all 4 main candidates are really quite pro-gay, although some more than others. I am still not convinced by Boris' credentials - apparently his manifesto doesn't contain a single reference to the LGBT 'community' (he got booed at this point!) and even the 20 pages or so dedicated to crime and policing fail to mention homophobic crime which is one of the few on the increase in London.
It was a lively debate
Each candidate started with a 5 minute speech and then they all answered a number of questions from the audience and the host.
A UK-IP (Independence Party) candidate tried to hijack the time allocated for her question and stir up some anti-Muslim feeling but she was quickly shouted down by the audience.
If you are interested, the debate is available on YouTube:
From the South Bank we went into the West End and walked to the tourist trap of Leicester Square. We even went to see the new M&M store to marvel at the prices of what should be cheap-made-in-China plastic!
We went to Cineworld at the cavernous Trocadero, a shopping/arcade centre in Piccadilly which now seems to be half boarded-up and looks quite sad, like a 70s' vision of the future gone horribly wrong.
After a snack
we watched "Mirror mirror" which was mindless fun.
Later, as we were waiting for the bus outside Waterstone's on Piccadilly, formerly the Simpson's department store, we decided on the spur of the moment to go in to the 5th View cafe' on the top floor to have a nice cuppa
with view
and, why not?, a scone with jam and clotted cream
The scone was nice but I think it had been heated up in the microwave and tasted more like spotted dick to me.
Then it was indeed time to go home. Enough excitement for one day!
The moderator and the candidates used quite a bit of humour and that always helps. Laughter served with a side of vitriol.
Even Adrian who wasn't too keen on going in the first place loved it!
It's amazing to think that all 4 main candidates are really quite pro-gay, although some more than others. I am still not convinced by Boris' credentials - apparently his manifesto doesn't contain a single reference to the LGBT 'community' (he got booed at this point!) and even the 20 pages or so dedicated to crime and policing fail to mention homophobic crime which is one of the few on the increase in London.
It was a lively debate
Each candidate started with a 5 minute speech and then they all answered a number of questions from the audience and the host.
A UK-IP (Independence Party) candidate tried to hijack the time allocated for her question and stir up some anti-Muslim feeling but she was quickly shouted down by the audience.
If you are interested, the debate is available on YouTube:
Click to viewFrom the South Bank we went into the West End and walked to the tourist trap of Leicester Square. We even went to see the new M&M store to marvel at the prices of what should be cheap-made-in-China plastic!
We went to Cineworld at the cavernous Trocadero, a shopping/arcade centre in Piccadilly which now seems to be half boarded-up and looks quite sad, like a 70s' vision of the future gone horribly wrong.
After a snack
we watched "Mirror mirror" which was mindless fun.
Later, as we were waiting for the bus outside Waterstone's on Piccadilly, formerly the Simpson's department store, we decided on the spur of the moment to go in to the 5th View cafe' on the top floor to have a nice cuppa
with view
and, why not?, a scone with jam and clotted cream
The scone was nice but I think it had been heated up in the microwave and tasted more like spotted dick to me.
Then it was indeed time to go home. Enough excitement for one day!