At dinner at a pleasant French restaurant last night, we discovered that we all had, by some coincidence, watched Tony Blackburn’s 1970s video selections on TMF (free-to-air digital music channel) at the weekend.

This led to the curious suggestion that 70s popsters Baccara – of Yes Sir, I Can Boogie fame – might actually be the Cheeky Girls back in time. (Or mad, or in a coma.)

Thanks to YouTube, you can decide for yourself:

To the New Ambassadors Theatre last night to see Whipping It Up, a comedy about Conservative Party whips written by Steve Thompson.

The play was pretty funny – the first half slightly more so than the second – with a few jokes that had we Lib Dems in the back row laughing particularly knowingly at. Robert Bathurst (from Steven Moffat‘s Joking Apart) and Richard Wilson (from Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who and the Empty Child) deservedly took top billing in the cast of six. I noticed that the role of the junior whip – played by an understudy – was usually played by Lee Ross, from EastEnders, The Catherine Tate Show and Steven Moffat’s Press Gang.

The play is set a few months into a Cameron government with a small majority, and I’d recommend it, especially to politicos.

On Thursday evening, I took a brisk walk from work over the river and down to the Elephant & Castle for the first parliamentary selection meeting I’ve been to. The subject of the meeting was the re-adoption (or otherwise) of Simon Hughes MP as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the area.

Simon was on good form, speaking first and then answering questions. In the end, the vote was for reselection with no votes against – so despite it being a secret ballot, you can pretty much work out how I voted.

It was also the first party event I’ve been to in Southwark. Went along to the pub afterwards and had a pleasant evening with a group of local councillors and activists, who were all very friendly. Looking forward to Bermondsey and Old Southwark Liberal Drinks in a couple of weeks.

Some weekend silliness: a video I made last Saturday. Facebook friends may already have seen it.