An early start for the campaign at City Hall this morning and an even earlier start for the security men working for developers More London who own the ground City Hall is built on. You, like me, might have thought the area around City Hall was free public space but as was made clear to me after been taken to the ‘manager’s office’ by security this not the case and the Time Out team were not welcome. At every turn this campaign seems to be revealing new and uncomfortable facts about London democracy but not being allowed to take pictures outside City Hall seems more appropriate to Moscow or Beijing than London.
We took the pictures anyway as we unveiled our ‘wind up a politician’ Mayor of London street race featuring several wind-up toy cars with the candidates faces on. Johnson went off the tracks relatively early in proceedings, Paddick actually went backwards and Berry and Livingstone crashed into each other, leaving the Hodges wind-up toy free to win – an omen?
Photo credit: David Axelbank
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