Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Monday, 21 December 2009
Mayor Mandy?
Who cares? Like most people outside London, and no doubt quite a few in it, I cannot really see the point of the Mayor. What does he do? There are ten times as many quango members in London as Borough Councillors, Assembly Members and the Mayor put together. And neither the Mayor nor the Assembly has any fiscal power. None. Not even that of a Parish Council. Like so many things about London when viewed from anywhere else, it is quite impossible to see what all the fuss is about.
There are of course plenty of powers the Mayor does not possess, but he still has a great deal of influence, for example over:
ReplyDelete- Transport for London, a vast and complex transport network which is used by millions daily;
- Policing;
- Building and planning.
"he still has a great deal of influence, for example over:
ReplyDelete- Transport for London"
Nor he doesn't. He just pretends to.
"- Policing"
Dream on!
"- Building and planning"
Dream on!