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Denzil_DC

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7. Thanks for the background.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 08:19 AM

Nov 2015

I was thinking of the 2004 referendum in the North East, which overwhelmingly rejected a regional assembly: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3984991.stm

ETA: It's interesting to see that this thread already has by far the most views of any on the first page in this group apart from the, erm, lively "Who would want to be in Corbyn's Foreign Policy Shadow Cabinet?" - no idea what that might indicate!

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Tories Plan Devolution to Cities and a "Northern Powerhouse" [View all] Ghost Dog May 2015 OP

... I'm still waiting for someone to tell me why Elected Mayors are such a big thing ... non sociopath skin May 2015 #1

Actually not too bad an idea though probably impelled by an idea to avoid financial responsibility LeftishBrit May 2015 #2

We had referendums on elected mayors in the last parliament T_i_B May 2015 #3

I watched that happen. Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #5

I do remember the Sheffield referendum in 2012 T_i_B Nov 2015 #6

Thanks for the background. Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #7

Well it's an old thread, so it's had a head start T_i_B Nov 2015 #8

So it is! Denzil_DC Nov 2015 #9

Northern Powerhouse plan unknown to two-thirds in North T_i_B Nov 2015 #4