Why elected mayors matter

By Bagehot

MY PRINT column this week is from Bristol, one of ten English cities that on May 3rd are holding a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor. There are larger cities holding votes on the same day, such as Birmingham, and cities that are convulsed by angrier rows about the quality of their local councils, such as Nottingham. But Bristol offers a particularly pure case study of what is at stake.

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