Your news
Have you got a story to tell? Do you have pictures or video clips to share? Get in touch »
Blog is but a list of names
3:14pm Tuesday 5th June 2007
It is a wonder that Brian Coleman has time to balance his high-profile political roles on Barnet Council and the London Assembly with his hectic social life.
The latest of his fortnightly blogs for the New Statesman magazine's website sees him recall a number of dinner parties he has attended in recent weeks.
His favourite appears to have been a very pleasant evening' laid on by Raine, Countess Spencer, daughter of Dame Barbara Cartland and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. Among the other guests were the Italian Ambassador to Britain, Giancarlo Aragona, and Oscar-winning actor Julian Fellowes.
Post-dinner topics of conversation included the legacies of Tony Blair and Harold Wilson, and possible replacements for Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
Mr Coleman wrote: "Julian assured the ambassador that David Cameron would win the next General Election and was doing a marvellous job, however it was a shame that even Mr Cameron could not muster a decent candidate to run for Mayor of London. I managed to brush off Raine's suggestion that I should run." How very noble.
His ramblings are clearly not popular with everyone. One reader added the comment: "This is hilarious - Coleman's blog is just a list of the posh dinners he goes to and the names he likes to drop. It's utterly pompous. Going over all those road humps in the back of a taxi must have dislodged something in this leading' Tory's brain."
Between the Lines would take great pleasure in seeing Mr Coleman and his old adversary Ken going head-to-head for the big chair at City Hall.
Your sayYour Times
Add your comment
Register for a FREE Times Series account and you can have your say on today's news and sport by adding comments on articles we publish. The best comments may even get published in the paper.
Please register now or sign in below to continue.
In this section
- Sentencing for Finchley cocaine dealer
- Edgware bus drivers in 24-hour strike
- Finchley man caught in Bangkok nightclub fire
- £12m for regeneration projects
- Royle honour for Liz Smith
- Hendon charity worker is 'wonderful choice' for MBE
- Mother's campaign honoured by Queen
- Review of the year
- New Year clamp down on rowdy revellers
- Busiest shopping day in five years
Sponsored Links
LOCAL LINKS
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
Rog T, London says...
3:47pm Tue 5 Jun 07
When Councillor Coleman was discussing legacies, did he consider his own. As far as I can see, thus far it amounts to outing Ted Heath & ensuring a few more hapless pedestrians have been hit by speeding cars in Barnet. Still at least if he's spending more time having posh dinners, that means there is less time for him to blight the rest of our lives. I'd be a bit more impressed if he told us how he was making us all a bit safer, which as I understand it is what he's paid to be doing.