Hfds politics: how to avoid the requirement to be elected

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May is the month when Herefordshire's city and town mayors are traditionally appointed. And it seems that the appeal of donning a robe and cutting the ribbon on a new bollard (obviously there is a good deal more to it that this) is greater than I thought.

Indeed the role is apparently so appealing that one independent councillor, without legions of party colleagues to vote her in, is now offering her not-mayoral services to the town.

The great thing is, unlike the year-long term of an actual mayor, this self-appointed role is without end. I can see that after a few years of this, townsfolk will have formed a view of who the actual town mayor is that is quite at odds with the official version.

Till next time,
Gavin McEwan
Local democracy reporter
gavin.mcewan@newsquest.co.uk

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