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A person I know reasonably well is currently the Lord Mayor of London. I suspect I could get him to do an AMA here if people would like to hear more about the City and its fascinating ways. Seriously, we could actually do this!
I used to live in the City of London at the top end of Chancery Lane. I could therefore be in a different city (City of Westminster) by crossing the street to the west and leave the city entirely by crossing to the north (London Borough of Camden).
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CPG Grey's videos re the City are a bit of fun that he slapped together in two or three days, not documentaries.
“Documentaries” on YouTube and not the best. Most of the time the images and background isn’t even the specific topic of discussion. For example, showing the wrong plane or car when the video is specifically about a certain fighter jet or war. It made me realize the larger studios and productions have access to lots of accurate “fluff” like historical reels. They even have budgets to take real crews to locations. Mak…
Look instead at the channel. Some channels make serious efforts to cite their sources and justify their claims; others do not. It's hard, but where you can, try to prefer the first.
A person I know reasonably well is currently the Lord Mayor of London. I suspect I could get him to do an AMA here if people would like to hear more about the City and its fascinating ways. Seriously, we could actually do this!
Michael is a terrifically interesting fellow even if you ignore his role as Lord Mayor.
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> and the pre-1985 council didn't have a mayor. True but it had a council leader. > Personally I'd enthusiastically vote for a return to the pre-2000 system as it's not at all clear to me what these people do for us or what we gain from giving them all this money. A failing on your part. About half of it is TFL. Budget https://www.london.gov.uk/media/100391/download?attachment
Unless different to the rest of the country though, not directly elected (to the leader role), which I assume was the point, since a mayor is. Mind you, we don't vote for parties to govern or which member to lead them (and it needn't be an MP) either, but it doesn't stop people talking like we do. ( I'm voting Labour - no you're not, you're voting for the Labour candidate in your area. I'm voting for Rishi Sunak - yo…
You are technically correct, but those pesky people are onto something. In practice people that voted for Boris Johnson in 2019 did not vote for Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, yet still were governed by them.
You are voting for a candidate, but their party might decide the next pm with the input of their members only.
I used to live in the City of London at the top end of Chancery Lane. I could therefore be in a different city (City of Westminster) by crossing the street to the west and leave the city entirely by crossing to the north (London Borough of Camden).
Did you get to vote in the Court of Aldermen elections? If so, are they much different to local elections in the rest of the country?
I do remember that my Council Tax was ridiculously cheap!