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Anybody, or anything, can have its own flag in England.

City of London Ward Lists consist of c19,000 individuals, who have one vote each. Corporations voting = urban myth

CPG Grey's videos re the City are a bit of fun that he slapped together in two or three days, not documentaries.

Secretive? As in run by Committees that meet in public with agendas and minutes published on the City's website in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972.

Greater London is made up of 32 London Boroughs and the City of London that provide the vast majority of municipal services. Each has a mayor or Lord Mayor. The powers and responsi…

What do you not understand in the phrases: "Worker vote registration" and "businesses and other organisations"? It is workplaces that nominate voters who then vote by secret ballot…

Everywhere in England and Wales has had local government since the 19th Century. City of London Ward Lists consist of c19,000 individuals, who have one vote each. Corporations voti…

Everywhere in England and Wales has had local government since the 19th Century. City of London Ward Lists consist of c19,000 individuals, who have one vote each. Corporations voti…

That Twitter thread is above my paygrade, but NE's final sentence (addressed to three other people working in his field) is rather relevant to this discussion "If this cipher has a…

Shaxson the Zurich based UFO spotter who failed to comprehend the existence of the 32 London Boroughs that along with the City of London make up Greater London. (He apparently thou…

City of London part of Greater London http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/section/2 residents & businesses subject to same laws & taxes as the rest of England.

It is not antiquated, but merely a descriptive that has fallen from common usage. ~ Every local authority in the UK is a corporation and up until c 1970 is was common to see 'Where…

In theory the Lord Mayor is elected by 20,000 Liverymen, in practice s/he is chosen by Aldermen from amongst themselves. 27 London Boroughs have a mayor (City of Westminster a Lord…

It is not. Magna Carta merely preserved the privileges the City had at the time. Since the late 19th Century everywhere in England has had its own local government, so that is no l…

I am afraid that story is codswallop. The City of London lost its 'own' seat in the House of Commons before the decision to develop the Barbican as residential was made. (Since the…

The City of London is part of Greater London http://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/section/2 residents & businesses are subject to the same laws & taxes as the rest of England.

Every local authority in the UK is a corporation. ~ The City of London Corporation run by committees of elected members meeting in public with agendas & minutes online, as per the …