People's Question Time in Catford, March 2013
On 7 March 2013, it was Lewisham borough's turn to host one of the statutory People's Question Time events, where the Mayor and London Assembly answer questions from the public. Boris would never come here if it weren't legally required as he avoids hostile audiences - and, oh yes, we were hostile.
- I've attempted to compile a Storify that gives a good overview of the evening without simply grabbing everything off the #pqt hashtag, because there was a LOT of that. This is mainly me and (my wife) Edith, with some bits and pieces we retweeted at the time, some additional context from seasoned Boris-watching political journalist (and SE London local) Adam Bienkov, and some audioboos from Darryl for anyone who wants to hear the described incidents for themselves. I think it gives you the idea. Enjoy! Boris certainly didn't.
- twitpic.com/c9f4gr Queue for #PQT is enormous. SE London wants to give Boris a piece of their minds!
@bitoclass To make sure it's full. When something's free, people don't always bother to turn up. Hope you get in.- @bitoclass Was thinking that myself. BBC explain it well. "Tickets do not guarantee entry" could just mean right to refuse entry.
People's Question Time tonight with Boris in Catford. We might get five minutes at the end on Lewisham Hospital: http://pic.twitter.com/NH14S9XCja- twitpic.com/c9f89t Not exactly prime seats, but way better than being stuck outside in a grump ;) #pqt
Bouncers are going round the balcony seats telling everyone to turn their phones off! Is this right, @TalkLondon? Means no tweeting?! #pqt- Obviously, we all ignored them, hid our phones under our programmes and continued to tweet, furtively.
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- Jane Chandlerthank you. i couldn't go to meeting lasr night, but now i know it was a good tesult for lewisham, in so much as the people tjere represented us well. thank you...more2013-03-08T09:44:45.150Z
- PaulThanks Jane - glad it was useful. It was quite an evening!2013-03-08T14:05:18.330Z
- Jane Chandlerthank you. i couldn't go to meeting lasr night, but now i know it was a good tesult for lewisham, in so much as the people tjere represented us well. thank you...thank you. i couldn't go to meeting lasr night, but now i know it was a good tesult for lewisham, in so much as the people tjere represented us well. thank you for tweeting thismore2013-03-08T09:44:45.150Z
