Reactions To Martha Grekos’ Proposals For Reform Of The Office Of Lord Mayor & Abolition Of The Alders

A couple of weeks ago, we reproduced the text of a paper headed “Reform of the Office of Lord Mayor” which Alder Martha Grekos wrote and distributed to all elected members of the City of London Council (comprising 100 Councillors and 25 Alders), senior officers of the Council, the Livery, the All Party Parliamentary Group (“APPG”) conducting a survey on the future of the Council, the Chairs of the City Residents’ Associations, and national and local journalists. We then illustrated one of the problems it identifies – the generally poor quality of Alders who become Lord Mayor – by reference to outgoing Lady Mayoress Sue Langley and her latest tacky event. REACTIONS TO GREKOS’ PAPER Since we posted that piece, it has received several comments (scroll down the link), all supportive of Grekos and / or critical of the other Alders. More widely, we have heard that a number of members of the Livery and City residents have welcomed Grekos’ paper. We await seeing how the APPG responds, but…

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