Al Murray The Pub Landlord's My London

The South Thanet candidate likes a proper boozer and a champion breakfast
Cheers to that: South Thanet candidate Al Murray The Pub Landlord (Picture: Pete Dadds/Avalon)
Hannah Nathanson30 April 2015

Home is…

The Wild West of London in the Chiswick-Hammersmith badlands.

Last play you saw?

I really enjoyed Dirty Dancing — the menopause hanging heavy in the theatre was unforgettable.

Earliest London memory?

A trip to the Tower of London when I was four or five. Amazing that it’s so close to Tower Bridge, too. William the Conqueror was no fool.

Best thing a London cabbie has said to you?

‘All these kids these days with asthma, it’s a joke, mate. God help us if the Germans try again.’ And you know what, it was like he’d read my mind.

Who will you be voting for?

Now now, you know as well as I do it’s a secret ballot. That’s what keeps the whole thing so precious.

Last album you downloaded?

This is the bit where I’m meant to say the Arctic Monkeys or something to look like I’m down with the kids. But downloaded an album? Have you lost your mind? How does that work?

Most romantic thing someone’s done for you?

When Boris banned drinking on the Tube. It showed that he really loves the pub trade.

Favourite campaign gaffe so far?

That one where Nick Clegg goes on about his record in government. He’ll never live that one down.

Who’s your hero?

Winston Churchill. I’m not just saying that because there’s an election on and I’m trying to appeal to people’s respect for his bulldog spirit and possibly invite a comparison.

Party leader you’d most like to sit next to at a dinner party?

I think Natalie Bennett is hilarious.

Best place for a first date?

The pub. Not a gastropub, but a proper London boozer: no refit, no enticing promises of quinoa.

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Best meal in London?

London is the unsurpassed breakfast champion of the world. Afternoon tea at The Ritz is fine and dandy, but a full English in The Ritz Café on King Street, W6 — eggs, bacon, fried slice, tea — cannot be matched.

Who is the most stylish politician?

Politicians these days are far more concerned with dressing soberly than anything else. But I will say that Mr Farage’s coat from Cordings is top-notch.

How and where will you be spending election night?

Once I’ve finished the show I’m doing in Dartford, I shall make haste to South Thanet where I will await destiny and the electorate’s decision.

Building you’d most like to buy?

The Natural History Museum. Everyone loves dinosaurs, but I think they’re missing a trick not having a swimming pool when they have so many kids going through. I’d sort that.

Dave’s Election Night Special is on 7 May at 10pm, on Dave

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