Great news for the people of Britain’s second city. Erdington MP, Siôn Simon, has announced that he is to stand down at the general election, to concentrate on becoming Birmingham’s first elected mayor.
By way of assistance to Mr Simon, and to give people a taste of what they might expect from their wannabe next first citizen, here’s a clip of him displaying to fullest advantage his unique range of talents:
I don’t agree with his comments, but at least he is different and impactive and articulates a basic truth, understood by most people, about the current state of politics in this country.
Claire Short did this more directly yesterday at the Chilcot enquiry.