Meet Simon Hughes and Sarah Ludford MEP at LibDem HQ in Cowley Street from where we are taking a tour of central London on an open top bus to launch Simon’s Mayoral Manifesto (see his website for more details).

And the sun shone down on us which made the whole event fab. If it had poured with rain, the massed ranks of the media that accompanied us might well have given less rave reviews. As it was, the media analysis of Simon’s manifesto was pretty good.

The bus tour was linked with the manifesto pledges and commitments – and Simon on microphone talked the journos through the problems and challenges of London as we passed them. It worked really well and Simon was on top form.

He did say to me that the sun shines on the righteous…!