HOW DO YOU LIST A FRINGE?

And so the waiting game begins as our votes are slowly verified and counted. By the time we tuck into a soggy barbecue lunch on Saturday, we should know who will be the Mayor for the next four years. Trebles all round.

Anecdotally, from conversations with friends, expect turnout to be low and for Count Binface to do surprisingly well. If the polls are accurate, Khan will be embarking on his third term.?

We are not in a great place in our industry, or particularly as a city. I hope Khan doesn’t just wait for a Labour Government to ‘go even further’ on affordable housing delivery, but works in earnest with the boroughs, housing associations and developers to turn things around and deliver more homes and consequently, more affordable homes.

At a time of record rents and eye watering house prices, delivery has fallen off a cliff. London desperately needs more homes of all tenures, investment in public realm and infrastructure, and the economic benefits that flow from all that. Collaboration, partnership, innovation and all the other buzz words are needed to turn this ship around.? A Labour government by the end of the year is increasingly inevitable, but we don’t have to wait; there is a lot we can do as a city to make things happen.

In the meantime, I hope the City Hall planners are working out how to list Claudia Winkleman’s fringe, just in case.