Wonderfully sunny weather in Brighton – surely a good omen for Labour’s future!
Having met the Southwark cyclists as they arrived yesterday, I went on to the London Labour Party reception, as lively an event as ever.
I was particularly pleased to be able to talk to Guy Nicholson, Cabinet member on Hackney Council for Regeneration and the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, about Socialist MEPs coming to London. We discussed visiting the Olympic site and also doing work on the Cultural Olympiad. GLA Member John Biggs will also be involved in this, as will John Fahy, Greenwich Cabinet Member for Culture and Olympics.
Also good to see former London Labour Party General Secretary Terry Ashton and talk to Alison Moore, PPC for Finchley and Golders Green and GLA Member Joanne McCartney.
Following a speech by Deputy Leader Harriet Harman, the highlight of the evening was, of course, the Prime Minister. He was on form and received both a rousing welcome and an enthusiastic ovation – all set for a fourth term.
