It’s easy to laugh at the London mayoral candidate’s knowledge of the city he wants to run. But none of us like to be put on the spot
Like everyone else, I have been endlessly re-watching the video of the London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, wincing and grimacing and suppressing rage as he is quizzed in the back of a taxi by the BBC’s Norman Smith. Clearly Goldsmith (right) thought this would be a conventional interview where he would be asked for opinions – 10 a penny – not impertinently tested on factual knowledge.
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