Yesterday I spent the morning sketching at London’s City
Hall, during the Mayor’s Question Time. The
building, which sits near Tower Bridge, looks like a giant crash helmet and is
the home to the Mayor and the Greater London Assembly.
A walkway spirals round inside the building leading you from
the entrance to the Chamber where Question Time takes place. The assembly members are arranged in a
horseshoe shape on the purple carpet with
the Mayor, Boris Johnson in the
centre.
Boris is regarded as one of Britain’s more eccentric
politicians with his trademark floppy hair, a penchant for speaking Latin and a
passion for Wiff-Waff - that’s table tennis to you and me. As he was quite a way away and
sitting behind a little desk, I just tried to just capture some of his
gestures.
It was a very civilised affair – quite different from the
boisterous atmosphere I expected after watching debates from the House of
Commons. There was quite a lot of
laughter from the public gallery at various points as the Mayor answered
questions in his own inimitable style.
The next Mayor’s Question Time is at 10.00am on Wednesday 17
October 2012 in the Chamber,
City Hall, London.
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