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Comments on: The Plutocrats Still Flailing https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/10/28/the-plutocrats-still-flailing/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/10/28/the-plutocrats-still-flailing/comment-page-1/#comment-58158 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:50:59 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=23454#comment-58158 I knew that the financial district of London was referred as ‘the City’, and saw signs while walking that indicated a border of some sort when a visited London that it was more than just a nickname like ‘Wall Street’ or ‘Fleet Street’.

The New York city council is ‘democratically’ elected, but that hasn’t made much difference.

I couldn’t believe that vicar’s screed at your place. A church as a place of commerce is just so beyond the pale. I have to wonder what kind of ‘Bible’ he’s been reading, or what ‘chemical assistance’ he’s using.

The rights of the public are being severely limited all over. I remember reading about a man in Britain who had a good portion of his life walking the public paths to ensure they didn’t default to private ownership.

I fear this will get even more violent before this is over.

]]> By: jams o donnell https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/10/28/the-plutocrats-still-flailing/comment-page-1/#comment-58157 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:16:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=23454#comment-58157 The City of London (The “Square Mile”_ is a separate entity from the Greater London Authority, which has Administraive responsibility for the 32 Boroughs that make up Greater London. This includes the London Borough of Havering where I live.

The Brough councils and the GLA have directly elected councilors. There is a police force, the Met, which has policing responsibility for the whole of Greater London, EXCEPT the City of London.

The City on the other hand has a council which is elected only partly by the relatively small number of residents. It is the only place in the UK where businesses effectively get to vote/ The City has its own small police force.

The Government of the City of London is effectively controlled by businesses and not by the people. It is absolutely unsurprising that the council would side with business. After all they would not bite the hand that controls!

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