Summary
How ironic to see David Pedrick-Friend ("Cabinet falls short on green issues", June 20) complaining about the poor performance of the elected Mayor of Torbay, given how Dr Pedrick-Friend had campaigned for the mayor to be directly elected.
Of course, that was at a time when his leader, Tony Blair, was enthusiastic for mayors to be elected as a way of controlling local councils from Whitehall.See the full content of this document
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Elected Mayor Idea has Flopped
Except for London, elected mayors have n...
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