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Post by woollyliberal on Jan 1, 2024 18:30:14 GMT
I've seen nothing through my door from any party on the Mayoral election, though street sends his "fake newspaper" periodically. On rare occasions, I get something from my MP but I think I've only had 2 councillor leaflets since the referendum.
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Post by greenchristian on Jan 2, 2024 23:16:03 GMT
I've had one thing from the Labour candidate a couple of months back. It was hand-delivered by a councillor while I happened to be cleaning up after cutting my hedge. Nothing from Street, though.
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Post by lackeroftalent on Jan 29, 2024 15:15:43 GMT
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Post by peterl on Feb 15, 2024 16:29:37 GMT
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Post by Rural Radical on Mar 1, 2024 13:08:06 GMT
Brummagem is absolutely not Black Country. None of it. It's the one thing Yams agree on. Most of Wolvo, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall MBC's are Black Country, most, none of us agree exactly on where is and where isn't, there are nearly as many definitions as there are Yams. There are bits of South Staffs and Cannock which are sort of Black Country. The Black Country Society defines it as the area on the thirty foot coal seam, regardless the depth of the seam. This excludes much of Wolverhampton, and Stourbridge probably doesn't qualify under that definition. Politically it's the four boroughs of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell. Culturally there's some overspill from there as iainbhx suggests, and there's been migration from the Black Country into places like Telford, where you will find that Wolves are the best-supported football team rather than Shrewsbury Town or their own non-league AFC Telford United. The cultural (as opposed to political) boundary between the Black Country isn't a hard one - it could hardly be, when the boundary runs up the middle of some roads. Bearwood and Smethwick are near-Brummie, and West Brom arguably is as well (you can find Albion supporters in the adjacent part of Birmingham, and the boundary runs down one side of the stadium). But by the time you get to Oldbury you're definitely in Yam Yam land.
You can add Cannock into this as well as Telford
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Post by iang on Mar 1, 2024 13:37:51 GMT
Smethwick is traditionally Birmingham and NOT BC, even though it's now in Sandwell
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 1, 2024 21:05:55 GMT
Should be noted that there's a Judicial Review action challenging the decision to merge the PCC with the Mayor, which the Secretary of State approved before undertaking the consultation required under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. The merger has not yet been approved even though the notice of election is due in less than three weeks; there is an understanding that making such major changes should be legally complete at least six months before an election.
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 9, 2024 10:35:07 GMT
Is this the same pollster as the Tees Valley one? And why is a W Yorks poll in the W Midlands thread anyway
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Post by batman on Mar 9, 2024 11:06:37 GMT
Sorry my mistake. Will delete
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Post by john07 on Mar 12, 2024 1:12:24 GMT
The Black Country Society defines it as the area on the thirty foot coal seam, regardless the depth of the seam. This excludes much of Wolverhampton, and Stourbridge probably doesn't qualify under that definition. Politically it's the four boroughs of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell. Culturally there's some overspill from there as iainbhx suggests, and there's been migration from the Black Country into places like Telford, where you will find that Wolves are the best-supported football team rather than Shrewsbury Town or their own non-league AFC Telford United. The cultural (as opposed to political) boundary between the Black Country isn't a hard one - it could hardly be, when the boundary runs up the middle of some roads. Bearwood and Smethwick are near-Brummie, and West Brom arguably is as well (you can find Albion supporters in the adjacent part of Birmingham, and the boundary runs down one side of the stadium). But by the time you get to Oldbury you're definitely in Yam Yam land.
You can add Cannock into this as well as Telford Very true. My Father and Mother both grew up in the Oakengates area and it was considered as part of the Black Country.
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Post by peterl on Mar 14, 2024 18:54:56 GMT
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Post by greenchristian on Mar 17, 2024 17:54:55 GMT
At yesterday's pre-election briefing I was told that the ruling on the legal challenge to merging this role with the PCC was expected on Monday.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 17, 2024 19:43:20 GMT
At yesterday's pre-election briefing I was told that the ruling om the legal challenge to merging this role with the PCC was expected on Monday. The notice of election is due on Tuesday so it had better be.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 18, 2024 11:01:45 GMT
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Post by woollyliberal on Mar 18, 2024 12:37:43 GMT
The BBC suggest that Andy Street could stand in both elections and do both jobs. The court ruled that the two jobs couldn't never be merged. This is one way of merging them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2yv858pe4o
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Post by greenchristian on Mar 18, 2024 12:44:25 GMT
The BBC suggest that Andy Street could stand in both elections and do both jobs. The court ruled that the two jobs couldn't ever be merged. This is one way of merging them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2yv858pe4oThe article you've linked says the opposite. That the court ruled they could be merged, but the correct procedure to merge them hadn't been followed. Does anyone have a link to the actual ruling?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 18, 2024 12:47:48 GMT
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Post by edgbaston on Mar 18, 2024 12:53:00 GMT
What a waste of time that was. Especially as Simon would almost certainly be a top pick for ‘Deputy Mayor for policing’ if Labour were to win the Mayoralty. I guess more fun for Vote UK to have a comparison election to follow within the same area? If we are going to have these silly Mayor roles the least they should be able to do is run the police!
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 18, 2024 13:10:13 GMT
What a waste of time that was. Especially as Simon would almost certainly be a top pick for ‘Deputy Mayor for policing’ if Labour were to win the Mayoralty. I guess more fun for Vote UK to have a comparison election to follow within the same area? If we are going to have these silly Mayor roles the least they should be able to do is run the police! I think that rather begs the question* about whether Police and Crime Commissioners do run the police. * Yes I know what this actually means.
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Post by woollyliberal on Mar 18, 2024 13:48:39 GMT
The BBC suggest that Andy Street could stand in both elections and do both jobs. The court ruled that the two jobs couldn't ever be merged. This is one way of merging them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2yv858pe4oThe article you've linked says the opposite. That the court ruled they could be merged, but the correct procedure to merge them hadn't been followed. Does anyone have a link to the actual ruling? fat fingers or autocorrect. I've corrected the original post
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