After Posh, Becks

David Beckham is probably the most famous Englishman ever, and, provided that his wife could be kept out the way, would be harmless in the non-job of Mayor of London.

For such it is: there are ten times as many quango members in London as Borough Councillors, Assembly Members and the Mayor put together. If any other part of the country were thus run like a colony, there would be bedlam. But people in London either don’t notice, or don’t care, or both.

In four years’ time, Beckham will almost certainly no longer be playing professional football. The idea of the buffoonish Boris Johnson welcoming the world to these shores is too horrific to contemplate. But there will have been a Mayoral Election between now and then.

Enough of Posh.

Back Becks.