David Cameron and Boris Johnson joined children at Advantage Day Nursery, in Red Lion Road, for jigsaw puzzles and hand painting – with blue paint, naturally.
A steady trickle of bemused parents came and went as security officers and TV journalists took turns to hold open the door. One, Yasir Mahmood, said that on a weirdness scale from one to 10, the event ranked at 9.5.
The Surrey Comet reminded the Prime Minister of a promise he made during the last election campaign: that under his government, Kingston Hospital would have a safe future.
Hospital bosses announced last month that they had been forced to run the trust at a deficit due to “extreme pressure” on cash flow. Refurbishment of the accident and emergency department has been postponed.
Back outside, and looking on from the far side of the car park, were Kingston food bank workers and Christian People’s Alliance candidate Daniel Gill.
Kingston’s food bank today released its figures for help given to people in need in 2014/15, which showed the number of emergency food packages handed out had increased yet again, to 5,847 from 5,492 in 2013/14.
However, that number is lower than the 6,150 that was forecast last September.
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