Having secured a thumping endorsement from his Richmond Park constituents, the environmentalist and Eurosceptic officially joins the race.
The popular MEP will spice up the race, and his entry helps to sharpen the strategic choices facing the party selectorate.
Plus: Go, Corbyn, go! Go, Zac, go! Happy Birthday, IEA. Racism in America. Welfare in Britain. And: If Wellington had lost, we’d all be speaking French.
Plus: Labour – Alastair Campbell v Labour failure. Tories – Dale v Massow? Labour again: Watson V Flint V Eagle V…. And: Roy Jenkins’s sex life. P.S: I’m getting married.
His ballot of his constituents, presumably funded by the Goldsmith millions, is an intriguing exercise in Direct Democracy.
Sol Campbell is among those who will attend the event – which is to be chaired by Iain Dale.
Plus: Ivan Massow – a joke. Greenhalgh and Boff – no charisma. Tulip Siddiq and Stephen Kinnock – impressive. And: Ben Harris-Quinney (for it is he)
What is it? The decision to establish a protected area around the Pitcairn Islands, revealed in yesterday’s Budget.
And other fun and serious ideas from the first declared candidate for the Conservative nomination for the London Mayoralty
Some wanted to give the people a say – but one MP even argued that doing so would be “an intrinsic corruption of our democracy”.
You, Dessie, are fighting fit with all that swimming in the Serpentine, bike riding and tennis. Soames and I admire you from the lounge bar.
The MP also urges that any surviving Cabinet minister who committed child sex abuse must be brought to justice.
The Member for Richmond Park is the candidate best placed to build on Boris’ legacy and build the broad coalition we need to win in London.