john07
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Post by john07 on Mar 20, 2016 21:56:09 GMT
Most of the City electorate aren't eligible to vote in general elections, on the grounds that they are businesses rather than citizens. Well, not entirely - the business vote is decided on the basis of the number of employees, and the company then nominates individual employees (who must work in the City) to be those voters. So the businesses nominate the voters rather than actually voting. The City of London Corporation remains a total mystery to me and will probably continue to do so. It was responsible for one of the most disastrous construction contract (or rather series of contracts) that the UK has ever seen. That is the original Barbican Development (the housing project) in the mid to late 1960s. Whatever happened to cityslicker? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 20, 2016 22:57:02 GMT
Well, not entirely - the business vote is decided on the basis of the number of employees, and the company then nominates individual employees (who must work in the City) to be those voters. So the businesses nominate the voters rather than actually voting. The City of London Corporation remains a total mystery to me and will probably continue to do so. It was responsible for one of the most disastrous construction contract (or rather series of contracts) that the UK has ever seen. That is the original Barbican Development (the housing project) in the mid to late 1960s. Whatever happened to cityslicker ? When I was at Lloyds, those of us working in any office in the City (as I did for about 18 months) were asked to consider becoming corporate nominee electors ( Davıd Boothroyd will hopefully correct me on the terminology), with a strong sense that the right people would be further invited, if you catch my drift. It seemed a distinctly rum thing, especially given that theoretically I could have found myself doing so had I had the right connections- despite the fact that apart from a ten-minute walk between Blackfriars Bridge each day en route from and to Waterloo, I spent most of my time in the City in the office and then tried to escape as soon as possible. Not marvellously democratic! |
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Post by john07 on Mar 20, 2016 23:18:12 GMT
Well I spend a fair amount of my time working in Spitalfields on the border between the City of London and darkest Tower Hamlets. It's an interesting place with Brick Lane 200 metered in one direction and Liverpool Street Station in the other direction. I work on Fashion Street which is just behind the magnificent Spitalfiekds Church.
I am still trying to work out which electoral system was the most corrupt: the City of London Corporation or Lutfur Rahman's regime in Tower Hamlets?
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Post by cibwr on Mar 21, 2016 10:08:59 GMT
Well, not entirely - the business vote is decided on the basis of the number of employees, and the company then nominates individual employees (who must work in the City) to be those voters. So the businesses nominate the voters rather than actually voting. The City of London Corporation remains a total mystery to me and will probably continue to do so. It was responsible for one of the most disastrous construction contract (or rather series of contracts) that the UK has ever seen. That is the original Barbican Development (the housing project) in the mid to late 1960s. Whatever happened to cityslicker? It should be reduced to the status of a parish council or a court leet, its assets and functions transferred to a neighbouring borough. And the business franchise scrapped totally. |
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