Meet Simon Hughes to go to Brighton to see the only bus company that runs completely on Global Positioning System. So many people complain about buses bunching together and Countdown (the system at many bus stops which tells you how many minutes – in theory! – to the next bus) not working, I have persuaded Simon that GPS is the way forward in London.

GPS tracks the passage of buses accurately and transmits the information to electronic signs at each bus stop in real time – so you know exactly how long before the next bus comes. This is much better than Countdown which only takes snapshots of where buses are – and can even “lose” them from the system.

Sitting on the train for an hour, Simon, clearly impressed by my recently ‘blog’ success, tells me he has commenced one of his own. However, being Simon, a local supporter has offered to do the donkey work for him. He telephones her from mobile and spends most of journey dictating his life over last few days.

First Mayoral candidate to have a ‘blog’. Where I lead – Simon

follows!

However, I think he needs to edit a bit more, otherwise the poor woman will be typing until kingdom come.