Dash to ‘media’ lunch put on by Assembly Press desk. The purpose of this series of media lunches is to bring in the media a few at a time, put them at a fab table in London’s Living Room at City Hall (panoramic views of London) and give them a good lunch with a few of us Assembly Members.

As we near the end of first term of office at London Government the Assembly Press desk feels we need to up raise our profile so that people get to realise there is an Assembly as well as a Mayor. It’s a tough challenge!

Today it was ethnic minority media. You are always stuck with who you sit next to at these things. Happily for me, on my left, was the owner of Choice and XFM who was bright and lively – which makes for a pleasant exercise in public relations. Unluckily for him, and I won’t name them, on his left was an Assembly member who can talk for Britain. I saw his eyes glaze over quite early on. Still – there’s no such thing as a free lunch!