You can tell there is an election in the offing as the level of abuse mixed with panic from the Labour benches rises to even more unedifying heights than usual at tonight’s full council meeting.

Particularly irksome to them, apparently, was our motion suggesting that the PFI deal with Jarvis for the Whittington Hospital was a problem. It’s a bad tradition of Haringey Council to let Labour submit “delete all and replace with…” amendments – despite what the rules say. Needless to say, that’s just what Labour submits this time too.

The snow is coming down thick and fast as we leave Haringey Civic Centre – so instead of a debriefing at a public house – we all head straight off home.

I met the travel-planning team at the Whittington Hospital, North London.

I am very keen on travel planning and Indi marketing. This is basically looking at an individual’s life and supplying them with a tailor-made plan of how to get around using mostly public transport.

This has had stunning results elsewhere in the world and I was instrumental in getting TfL to pilot it in this country. I’m very keen to encourage corporate bodies who are willing to take travel planning seriously.

Plus I knew nothing about the allegations about a senior royal – but all day various news media have now made me aware that the person involved is Prince Charles – and his staff say he is innocent. That has just left me wondering what he got up to! It may be common currency in the media and amongst the cognoscenti – but clearly I’ve been out the loop!