Haringey Full Council meeting. For me the big issue of the night was skateboarding. Children from the borough were in the gallery to hear a motion on skateboarding provision debated.

The motion had the support of both parties but there was a bit of friction in that it was a Labour motion about all they intended to do on skateboarding (for which facilities are currently poor) – lots of promises of jam tomorrow. But to date, Labour’s much vaunted scheme had produced two days of a mobile skateboarding facility.

Now this dovetailed nicely with a presentation on the Olympic bid by Richard Sumray who is a man of many hats: Olympics, Met Police Authority, magistrate and Chair of Haringey Primary Care Trust (PCT). Busy man. He only had five minutes to present the bid – which must be the shortest presentation on the Olympics on record – in fact a world record in its own right. The general sentiment from across the chamber was ‘ what’s in it for Haringey?’ Yes – of course we all support the bid – but its a bit rough for the boroughs who will have the pain and no gain.

Who knows, perhaps we should make skateboarding an Olympic sport. Perhaps that’s quicker than waiting for Labour to fund a skate park?