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Pub Quiz - the results!

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Well what an interesting night, and not just because I fell asleep on the train home and ended up in an old people’s home in Gillingham at three o’clock this morning. No, interesting because Time Out readers came in their droves to our quiz and proved our platform to be correct - that is, they are clued-up bright and generally the best people in London - by displaying an astounding amount of knowledge about our fair city.

This wasn’t any old quiz but a fiendishly tough one devised and delivered by Marcus Berkmann, the master of the form and author of the rightly lauded ‘Prince of Wales Quiz Book’. Thanks to everyone that came but since you had a free drink, I am informed by the electoral commission that it would be a criminal offence if I then asked you to vote for me. So don’t, ah, vote for me (if you get my drift).

Read what the crack team of London bloggers had to say about the evening (and their less-than-perfect performance!)

And there’s a report from the Word magazine’s admirable team who are still deluding themselves they came joint third. In reality, they fell at the final tiebreaker hurdle and missed out on a slap-up meal for six at the Wagamama of their choice.

Photo credit: Jonathan Perugia

Good news from Hodges HQ

Our campaign for mayor has registered at number seven on the Londonelectsyou website after only 24 hours online and I am currently featured as candidate of the day. Or rather you are, as we remain the only campaign with a manifesto written by the people and for the people. Don’t forget you can still contribute as we have a few days before we announce our full manifesto. Elsewhere Wednesday’s Evening Standard featured our wind-up toy race outside City Hall last week and the LondonPaper chose to publish a picture of me looking remarkably fat and bumptious. Thanks for that.

Read the ES diary piece here 

Vote for me online now!

A quiet morning at Hodges HQ as we mulled over Boris Johnson’s decision to actually pay rent for his campaign headquarters, a decision which we really have to applaud. But that’s enough of him and his toff chums, our campaign - the people’s campaign - gains momentum every day (you’ll notice our financial pledges are increasing all the time) and today we have joined up with the socially progressive website www.londonelectsyou.co.uk.

Dedicated to picking a truly independent candidate for mayor of London, the site has promised to award £50,000 to the campaign of the candidate who gets the most online votes by 18 March. So, if you’re committed to our people’s manifesto please log in and cast your votes.

Vote for me here