The Telegraph(@Telegraph):✍️ 'In 2012, voters in Manchester were asked whether they wanted a directly-elected mayor. By a margin of 53-47 per cent, they said no. Yet two years later, the coalition government announced it was getting one anyway' | Writes Lee David Evans 🔗 https://t.co/CIBOBd7vYX

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✍️ 'In 2012, voters in Manchester were asked whether they wanted a directly-elected mayor. By a margin of 53-47 per cent, they said no. Yet two years later, the coalition government announced it was getting one anyway' | Writes Lee David Evans 🔗