BillEllson

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by BillEllson 2y ago
Anybody, or anything, can have its own flag in England.
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by BillEllson 2y ago
City of London Ward Lists consist of c19,000 individuals, who have one vote each. Corporations voting = urban myth
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by BillEllson 2y ago
CPG Grey's videos re the City are a bit of fun that he slapped together in two or three days, not documentaries.
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by BillEllson 2y ago
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.
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by BillEllson 2y ago
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 responsibilities of London Boroughs, and the local authority respons
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by BillEllson 3y ago
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 in accordance with ROPA.
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by BillEllson 3y ago
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 voting = urban myth
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by BillEllson 3y ago
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 voting = urban myth The City of London is part of Greater Lond
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 already been discovered, let me know where so I can
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 thought the Mayor of London ran everything outside of the City
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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.
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 'Wherever' Corporation buses in British Cities.
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 mayor) chosen by councillors from amongst themselves.
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 longer a privilege.
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 1950 election the City of London has been part of
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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.
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by BillEllson 4y ago
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 Local Government Act 1972.