Full Council Meeting

We had the last full Council meeting at Merton tonight before the election on May 4th. The usual knockaround stuff and most of it quite good fun(though I am sure the public would be switched off). In the public gallery we had some trainee journalists(some of us thought they were Tory candidates but some were just a bit too young), many of us thought how did they manage to sit through this and stay awake.

The only speech I made was on the Controlled Drinking Zone(an idea that I got introduced to the Borough as Chair of Licensing) and I had to rush into the Council chamber just before the item was called and as I got to my seat it came up, waffled on for a minute, the Mayor Judy Saunders clearly knew I was waffling and giving me a look that you are basically passing time. I thought for a second I was on the wrong agenda item but I was right. Anyway sent her a note afterwards about my speech and letting her know the football score as well(she is a big football fan and supports West Ham). Anyway we finished up an hour early which was just as well(straight off for a stiff drink!), my mind is on election stuff and I wanted to catch the end of the football and congratulations to Arsenal on their result tonight. They have a great chance of getting to the final now and lets hope the beat Villareal in the semi final.