Your starter for 10 Can someone tell me the point of the London Assembly?

Seriously I would be interested to know. Is there one and if there is, is it different from merely being a comfortable booth on the way to Westminster? I ask this because I know in technical terms it is meant to hold the Mayor to account but I can't think of one thing where it has. That loathsome reporter from the Evening Standard seems to have done a better job of it and probably gets paid a lot less into the bargain.  ¶ 4:15 pm