The last meeting of the Assembly to question Mayor Livingstone before the Christmas break.

Of course, the key banter was about the new love in between the Mayor and Labour – and how Labour have changed their tune – overnight!

It was quite sick making. John Biggs (Labour’s Transport lead) fed the Mayor a planted question about Simon Hughes’s plans to make Oxford Street a pedestrian-friendly environment. And the Mayor savagely attacked Simon and the Lib Dems. It is quite clear from the vituperative nature of attacks that Ken Livingstone feels Simon Hughes is a real threat to his re-election.