It'll be like the P and CC - an extra layer of bureaucracy, bumph and taxation to achieve little, if anything, more than is currently being achieved (or not).
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What's the cost for this post, AK?
ReplyDeleteUsually, the're failed community 'workers', or worse...
Luckily, we don't live in London with the toxic midget at the wheel!
Scrobs - I haven't seen a figure, but at least a few million per year I imagine.
ReplyDeleteSo after Robin Hood killed the Sheriff of Nottingham, they replaced him with a Mayor for the East Midlands Combined County Authority?
ReplyDeleteIt'll be like the P and CC - an extra layer of bureaucracy, bumph and taxation to achieve little, if anything, more than is currently being achieved (or not).
ReplyDeleteSam - interesting thought, whoever lands the job, I hope the nickname "Sheriff of Nottingham" sticks.
ReplyDeleteJannie - yet it's just another layer of bureaucracy and another political actor put there to say "lessons have been learned".
And of course there is no 'No mayor' option on the ballot
ReplyDeleteBucko - that would be useful, and if 'No mayor' wins the idea should be dropped.
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