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Shark attack

JUSTINE Greening laments politics’ descent into “Game of Thrones” as she called for changes in how it works.

“Politics has steadily become too much about Game of Thrones and too little about what it’s practically achieving for people in their day-to-day lives — and is it helping them?”

The Putney MP and former education secretary (right) also said she would axe online campaigning.

“If it was up to me, until we have regulated political advertising on the internet, AUTHOR and journalist Simon Jenkins last night lamented the loss of County Hall in Waterloo as the home of London’s government. Speaking at the launch of his book A Short History of London, Jenkins said it was a “tragedy” when

Margaret Thatcher removed the Greater London Council from the building. The former Evening Standard editor continued: “When the mayoralty was returned, she condemned this building — a great building — to become what it is now, which is basically a shark-filled aquarium and a pop-up theatre. I suppose that is what she thought the London County Council was.” I would ban it in any forthcoming election.

“Until the electoral commission has the same regulation online as it does offline, I don’t think you should be able to do online paid-for advertising.”

But, alas, Greening won’t have that power as she announced last month she would stand down as an MP at the next election. She also lost the Conservative whip after voting to block a

EDDIE Redmayne and Felicity Jones had a knees-up after the premiere of their new film, The Aeronauts, at the London Film Festival last night. Jones changed from a flowing green dress for the screening to a black tuxedo for the afterparty, which appeared to be in a room full of ceramic plates. Elsewhere, Jo Wood and her son Tyrone — whose father is Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie — attended a private view of Jo’s artist brother Paul Karslake’s Banksy-inspired exhibition Bank Robbery at Soho’s Groucho Club. Also attending were presenter Olivia Cox and model Victoria Clay. Down the road at the Criterion Theatre, the Black Magic Awards ceremony was in full swing. Author Afua Hirsch, Mobo Awards founder Kanya King, broadcaster Jasmine Dotiwala and the BBC’s new director of creative diversity, June Sarpong, were out celebrating the best of Black British female talent. “SquadGoals” tweeted Dotiwala. The Londoner agrees. OLIVIA COX VICTORIA CLAY

AFTER Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Turkey’s economy, The Londoner bumped into a former British ambassador. “In my time from Suez to the first Iraq war, we never had to deal with anything like this,” he said before revealing the secret to smooth diplomacy: “You have to find a way to say nothing.”