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Post by housesparrow on May 4, 2012 7:01:50 GMT
I can't find the thread where we previously discussed this (am I even on the wrong board) So far four cities have said "no" and none "yes"- by the time I press the post button things may have changed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17949950 |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on May 4, 2012 19:25:20 GMT
Liverpool, Salford and Doncaster seem to be Elected-Mayor-friendly.
Nobody else seems bothered. I suppose people see politicians like cockroaches...
Q: "would you like some more cockroaches to add to the ones that already infest your pad?"
A: "Hmm, let me think about that for a second..."
AH
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Post by Patrick on Jul 29, 2012 16:50:05 GMT
Bit of a waste of money having the vote I'd have thought. Surely they'd have learnt from the last round of votes under Blair's Big Idea for it that not many people were that interested. Why was it in Cameron's interest therefore to push for the idea?
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Post by riotgrrl on Jul 30, 2012 9:13:37 GMT
I don't understand WHY you don't want them (Mayors.) Bojo's been a good symbol for London - massively right-wing and mad as a box of frogs . . yeah, that sounds like London to me.
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Post by Patrick on Jul 30, 2012 13:33:15 GMT
I don't mind either way - but the indicators were the first time around that people didn't want yet another tier of expensive bureaucracy however charismatic the candidate. Though sometimes it can act as a good antidote to those councillors who have been in the job so long they forget what they joined for in the first place - but the allowance comes in handy.
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