[Misc] Southend On Sea Granted City Status

[zefarelly]

Blair/New Labour granted B&H city status in 2000, also Wolverhampton. Both included marginal seats If nsc had existed then, Blair would've been accused of the same thing.

Easy to deem every possible decision as dastardly party politcial, but shirley all large settlements with a wide sphere of influence deserve a similar status.

NSC predates that, comfortably.

 

[Weststander]

NSC predates that, comfortably.

Out of interest, were their political binfests back in the day?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Very true, though this was in the 16th Century.

Leeds became a City in 1893 and doesn't have a Cathedral.

There are also quite a few places that have Cathedrals that aren't cities, including Guildford and Blackburn.






I've been on here since 1997 and I'm a newbie.

Leeds has a Catholic cathedral although that doesn’t count for the charter. It does, however, have the university.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Blair/New Labour granted B&H city status in 2000, also Wolverhampton. Both included marginal seats If nsc had existed then, Blair would've been accused of the same thing.

Easy to deem every possible decision as dastardly party politcial, but shirley all large settlements with a wide sphere of influence deserve a similar status.

Indeed.

Get them to jump through some hoops to show willing, perhaps, but, yes

 

[Boys 9d]

I'm waiting for Batley to be retrospectivly made a City in memory of Jo Cox or will it not happen as she was a Labour MP?

 

[Weststander]

I'm waiting for Batley to be retrospectivly made a City in memory of Jo Cox or will it not happen as she was a Labour MP?

A tiny place by comparison (my Dad’s family’s home town) and not a cause Jo pursued.

David Amess famously campaigned for this for decades.

 

[zefarelly]

Out of interest, were their political binfests back in the day?

Not that I recall.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm waiting for Batley to be retrospectivly made a City in memory of Jo Cox or will it not happen as she was a Labour MP?

It’s true Batley is a town, but the constituency is Batley and Spen(borough). Spenborough is larger consisting of three towns, with Batley only being named first alphabetically. The demograph of the areas is very different.

I’m no Tory, but to be fair on this issue, David Amess had been campaigning for Southend to become a city for over two decades.

 

[Dr. No]

Out of interest, were their political binfests back in the day?

No.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Not that I recall.

Most definitely especially the war in Iraq. Bozza took it off the main board much the same as the bear pit.

 

[zefarelly]

No.

It was a civilised gentlemans domain on the whole, you didn't even have to sign in to post at first.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It was a civilised gentlemans domain on the whole, you didn't even have to sign in to post at first.

False memory Zef.
Bozza cleaned this place up to allow more income from advertising including a swear filter.

 

[Comrade Sam]

My wife was part of the 3 person council team that put the bid together for B&H city status. I tell people that she loves me so much she turned my home town into a city and put it on the map. With 2 universities and Churchill Square surely it must be a city. As for fecking ancient charters, are New York and Sydney just towns then?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

My wife was part of the 3 person council team that put the bid together for B&H city status. I tell people that she loves me so much she turned my home town into a city and put it on the map. With 2 universities and Churchill Square surely it must be a city. As for fecking ancient charters, are New York and Sydney just towns then?

Our ancient charters apply to the United Kingdom. Other countries have their own constitutions.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Our ancient charters apply to the United Kingdom. Other countries have their own constitutions.

We don't really have a constitution though. If we're gonna allow Medieval understanding of the world to guide us we might as well let the Tories rule forever and bring back the ducking stool and scold's bridles for gossips.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

We don't really have a constitution though. If we're gonna allow Medieval understanding of the world to guide us we might as well let the Tories rule forever and bring back the ducking stool and scold's bridles for gossips.

Whatever you do, don't mention the idea to GB News

 

[Brovion]

We don't really have a constitution though. If we're gonna allow Medieval understanding of the world to guide us we might as well let the Tories rule forever and bring back the ducking stool and scold's bridles for gossips.

I think Thunderbolt's point was that other countries have their own way of deciding city status - even former colonies.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

We don't really have a constitution though. If we're gonna allow Medieval understanding of the world to guide us we might as well let the Tories rule forever and bring back the ducking stool and scold's bridles for gossips.

Certainly bring back the stocks for taggers!