More of a disagreeable memory is all that money Metronet got, indirectly from you. They got it on your behalf and spent it, only to come back and ask for more. Tim O'Toole was pretty clear, on last night's show, where the blame lay for the debacle and, this afternoon, Ken Livingstone was even clearer: unless you are a Metronet share-holder you may well find yourself in gleeful agreement with him. Harris, who else, is the man with the Oyster card and Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass, poring over the details.
Still on dosh, MPs asked George Galloway MP, (Respect, Bethnal Green & Bow) for the details of where his Mariam charity got all their money from. It wasn't his answers that upset them half as much as his attitude towards them. Two falls, two submissions or a pin-fall and George looks set to spend 18 working days in his Constituency rather than in the House. It's the Parliamentary equivalent of being told to stand in the corner. The whys and wherefores from Ronke.
Noah Scotchbrook is now screaming.
I think my daughter is quietly sleeping it off.
We press on.
A total non-sequitor but a mini Taj Mahal floated down the Thames this afternoon and Joanna Lumley spoke elegantly about it: hear her explanation at 6.
Finally, two horror stories that need little explanation but begger comprehension.
In those halcyon days of April, a man was sun-bathing on Clapham Common. What woke him was sheer agony: Emma has the story.
And we bless them, we use them, we often befriend them: the corner shop angels with a pint of milk at midnight or a paper and (for me) a packet of ciggies at first light. We bring you the terrifying images of what has prompted them to set up a "life or death" reward fund to help catch the people making their lives a nightmare as they try to make our lives easier to live.
It is from a brilliant London Programme and you won't want to miss a frame.
Noah has been taken away and some seem to be getting back to work.
Ha! Good to be ahead of the game.
See you at six.
Alastair and Katie.
