Well of course I've got it tough (monty python annyone?).

I'm a single parent who can't afford a car.

I arrived in London last March with nothing, having spent it all on legal fees trying to protect my litle girl from the damage of an abusive home and drugs, dealers etc.

The system caught us in a safe pair of hands and held us clear of the water for as long as was necessary to allow us to regain a level of independance.

free Libraries, cheap travel, free museums, financial support (housing etc) medical support (when my daughter caught a vicious cough over the winter a GP came to visit us within an hour of my call - never had that in Leicester), all these things made life possible, not just in terms of survival, but in terms of keeping the harsh realities out of my little ones childhood experience and being able to maintain a cushion of carefree optimism in her life.

I believe that Boris would have absent mindedly and thoughtlessly pulled the rug out from under my feet by slashing spending in my region due to superfluous and unnecessary prioritization of the needs of people such as myself.

I'm sure he would also have argued that I should have stopped whinging and got a job ...

In other words, it is probable that without the superb support I received, I would have ended up homeless with the result that my daughter would now be in care as is the case for many families outside London where the level of support is often totally insufficient with the result that families are needlessly broken up and the lives of children are needlessly allowed to disintegrate before they have had a chance to flourish.

My experience of London is helpful people committed to giving support where it is needed.

And you know what - the air needs cleaning!