Cityam 2015-05-21

cityam.comIs Lammy’s misspelledname hint at his future?THURSDAY 21 MAY 2015THECAPITALIST cityam.com/the-capitalistMPs find there’sa lot in a nameMAKING sure the political back-andforthis properly noted inParliament’s official record –Hansard, is a difficult job.You might think though that justlisting the names of the MPs, inthe order in which that are swornin, is one of the easier tasks thatthe minuters have to do.Apparently not. A quick look inthe recording of Tuesday’s officialswearing in revealssome awkward casesof misspelled names.David Lammy hopes to be the Capital’snext Mayor, but the Capitalist isfairly certain that “London” is not hismiddle name, as was written down.While the new culture secretary,John Whittingdale, might be acontroversial figure with the BBC,“flashy”, as is recorded as hismiddle name, is not a word frequentlyassociated with him.If you were wondering, thenames should have actually readDavid “Lindon” Lammy,and John “Flasby” Whittingdale.Perhaps theHansard writers weredoing the pair a favourafter all...Credit Suisse investment banker Sebastian Grigg is notknown as one to hide his light under a bushel. So itwas with characteristic ebullience that he let it be knownhe had been ranked 42nd in the latest list of influentiallay Catholics in Britain, compiled by the religiousweekly, The Tablet. Grigg once rubbed shoulders withPrime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor BorisJohnson as a member of the exclusive Bullingdon Club.He is the eldest son of Anthony Ulick David Dundas Grigg,the third Baron Altrincham, educated at Eton and OrielCollege, Oxford, and is a former partner and a managing directorat Goldman Sachs. But it was not his position in the Catholic league that so pleasedhim (although it did) but this fact: I came in above Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho(joint-48th), he beamed to my Blues-supporting colleague. Well done Sebastian.13Got A Story? Emailthecapitalist@cityam.comJust as commuters prepare tobattle it out with the first UKwidetrain strike in 20 years, Transportfor London today launches a majorpush to boost car clubbing to 1m usersby 2025. As London’s population isforecast to grow to 10m by 2031, TfLsays rapid and concerted action acrossthe 33 London boroughs is needed toget private cars off the road. RACresearch shows the average cityownedcar is used for only 4.6 hours aweek and congestion costs the capitalapproximately £4bn a year in delays.