Don't Be Chained

Like directly elected Police Commissioners, directly elected Mayors are wholly at variance with our parliamentary, rather than presidential, res publica.

Moreover, whereas the Mayor of London is little more than a popular entertainer while London is run by central government quangos and by the Borough Councils, the elected Mayors of everywhere else, including individual London Boroughs if they opt to have them, have the powers of local dictators.

Just Say No.

Instead, demand that Eric Pickles go beyond his mere permission of councils to revert to the old committee system, and require that they do so, thereby restoring real power to individual councillors within the conciliar body.