Thank you Sutton and Cheam for having us, that now takes our total to 43 constituencies and Labour groups.

Christian is happy to come out to any others and, of course, to canvass during the general election campaign.

Thanks again to Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner for your very warm welcome.

Christian is happy to come out to any others and, of course, to canvass during the general election campaign.

Yesterday, I went to a TUC seminar on mental health and the workplace. It was well-attended and the speeches were powerful: the Highways Agency guys who had created a new course for managers to recognise the symptoms; the guy from UCATT in Glasgow who had used the issue to force Brookfield Multiplex which is building the massive new hospital complex there to recognise the role unions can play in wider safety considerations; the woman from NUT describing quite harrowing cases of teachers suffering from stress; and the women in the call centre who had persuaded management of the importance of the issue.

It was a casual remark but a revealing one. In the interview during which Margaret Hodge announced she would not be seeking to be London mayor, she was asked ‘what about Christian Wolmar’. Her response, described by the Standard’s political editor, Joe Murphy, as ‘mischievous’ was to say ‘who?’

Boris seems determined to leave a legacy and clearly the Cycle Superhighway would be a great one. At times it is important to put away party differences and simply get together to support the right policies. That is especially important with something that is as controversial and groundbreaking as the Superhighway scheme.

Christian has now spoken at around half the Constituency Labour Parties in London which are shown in dark red on the map.

He is happy to come out to any others and, of course, to canvass during the general election campaign.

The plans to completely change the road layout at Archway on the A1 are to be welcomed, but local people must keep up the pressure to get the best possible scheme. I wrote this piece for my local Labour party newsletter.

I took part in the debate sponsored by Changing London on what London should expect from a future mayor. It is a great initiative stimulated precisely by the fact that we have a current mayor who does not seem to be aware of the various problems and dangers facing the capital today.

A Tory candidate at last seems to have entered the fray in terms of expressing interest in the mayoralty. Ivan Massow who is styled as a gay rights campaigner (good), an entrepreneur (good) and a 'media personality' (less good) on Wikipedia threw his hat in the ring on Monday - with the sort of fanfare in the Standard that shows how fairly they will be covering this campaign.

…used to be so simple. My local one on Holloway Road was busy but had great staff, one of whom, a chap who worked on the counter at the front, was particularly helpful whether I was sending parcels to USA or simply buying stamps.