And so it seems that our friends from @LambethLabour are *almost* in a position to finally reveal the identity of the three fine upstanding citizens of the borough who have been invited to put forward the opinion of the Little People as part of the #lambethcoop Citizen’s Commission.

With currently zero citizen representation and only three @LambethLabour cabinet members making up the Citizen’s Commission, the invitation went out for genuine citizens to try and make #lambethcoop appear more transparent.

Step forward the fragrant Polly Toynbee (professional chattering class supreme,) Matthew Taylor (Blair’s former head of the Policy Unit) and Stephen Bubb (the CEO of ACEVO and self-styled “third sector leader“) - all being considered to fill the role of representing the Little People as part of #lambethcoop.

Blimey.

It’s like May 1997 all over again, when Mr Tony scrambled around to try and attract some sexiness into politics with the burnt out Britpop has beens. I was half expecting Mick Hucknall to have a place at the #lambethcoop top table.

Toynbee at least is a Lambeth resident. She resides in the most affluent part of the borough, an area where the average property price fetches well over £1m. Still, at least Polly knows about the Little People. She briefly lived on the Claph’ham Park Estate, as part of a poverty glamour story whilst researching a book she was writing.

Taylor is the ultra Blairite who was responsible for the bland 2005 Labour Party manifesto. His reward for this was to be handed the role of Chief Adviser on Strategy to the Prime Minister. Blair then soon buggered off, but not before Taylor did, after the bodged Big Conversation initiative (remember?) that got absolutely no one talking.

As for Bubb? He certainly has the right background in Third Sector politics, which should serve him well if he becomes part of #lambethcoop Citizen’s Commission. The PR stunt is all about allowing “partners” (preferably business partners) to take responsibility for local authority services.

If these plans actually come into practise, it would mean the #lambethcoop Citizen’s Commission being made up of @cllrstevereed, Councillor Meldrum, Councillor McGlone, the fragrant Polly Toynbee, Matthew Taylor and Stephen Bubb.

If you were asked to come up with a list of six people who are as unrepresentative as possible in relation to the average life of a citizen in Lambeth, you would probably hit bulls eye with all of the above.

Where are the teachers? The road sweepers? The people reliant upon benefits?

The #lambethcoop Citizen’s Commission is next meeting at 6pm on 29th July in Room 8 of Lambeth Town Hall. This is an open meeting, although you need to book a place to attend the Citizen’s Commission.

If Toynbee, Taylor and Bubb are in attendance, it may even turn out to be a champagne and canapés reunion from that doomed Britpop evening with Blair back in the day.

Keep on smiling. Keep on grinning.