Brian Paddick In The Times

He tells the always perceptive Andrew Billen:

“I expect as we speak there are people trying to find out who my partner is and what he does and whatever else. And if they succeed they’ll be terribly disappointed. You learn a lot from having your private life on the pages of a Sunday tabloid. You know, and I’ve known from then on, that I had to be careful with what I do and whom I meet.”

The interview encapsulates Paddick's campaign profile so far: big on policing, big gay interest, a stress on his political innocence and the squeeze he's feeling from the Ken And Boris show. He keeps saying he wants "make a difference." For the sake of the contest, I hope he does.

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[Brian PaddickDelivers]

This interview was done in November/December. A lot of water had passed under Westminster Bridge since then.

[Dave Hill]

Thank you, Brian Paddick Delivers. Beofre long I'll be, ah, delivering a piece about Brian Paddick for Comment Is Free.