Comments on: A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 31 May 2012 16:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Who’ll be first across the bridge in the race to be Labour’s Bristol Mayor candidate? | Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-5/#comment-176652 Thu, 31 May 2012 16:31:19 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-176652 […] A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors 5 Aug […]

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]]> By: Kevin https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-5/#comment-125124 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:45:56 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-125124 No Alun, it was scrapped because the local political elite thought the BNP would win the Stoke mayoralty.

The same malady affects Doncaster. Both towns were basket cases long before elected mayors were ever heard of.

My challenge for opponents of elected mayors is this: come up with a better model for the political management of our cities and major towns. Or is the current sorry state of affairs with second rate time servers (in the main)running the show as good as it gets?

]]> By: Alun https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-4/#comment-125075 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:47:48 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-125075 One word. One word. One little, devastating word: Donny.

Also, for the record, the reason why the post was scrapped in Stoke wasn’t because people were afraid that the BNP might win it. It was scrapped because it was a miserable failure.

]]> By: John Turner https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-4/#comment-124850 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:12:29 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-124850 RT @leftfootfwd: A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors: http://bit.ly/nBWYOx: writes Kevin Meagher

]]> By: Tim Wilson https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-4/#comment-124846 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:00:33 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-124846 Interesting. RT @gabysslave RT @alexcburrows: RT @leftfootfwd: A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors: http://bit.ly/nBWYOx

]]> By: Lee https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-4/#comment-124847 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:00:08 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-124847 RT @leftfootfwd: A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors: http://bit.ly/nBWYOx: writes Kevin Meagher

]]> By: Julia Higginbottom https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-4/#comment-124848 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:59:32 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-124848 RT @leftfootfwd: A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors: http://bit.ly/nBWYOx: writes Kevin Meagher

]]> By: Anon E Mouse https://leftfootforward.org/2011/08/a-call-for-progressives-to-back-directly-elected-mayors/comment-page-3/#comment-124794 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:24:12 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=38308#comment-124794 Mr Sensible – Having lived for many years in Leicester you need to realise how it differs from Nottingham.

Why for example aren’t the ratepayers in Nottingham not going nuts about the council wage bill, the MASSIVE waster of the public’s money and the FOI requests they keep refusing.

It’s OK where you live Mr.S. Try living in the real world for a bit and you may see things differently….

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