24th July 2010, 04:12 PM
We've still got a wapentake up here in amongst all the boring parishes, would that be covered the same?
The village I'm most familiar with, in rural Worcestershire, has around 400 voters but can only field 1 small local family builder off Dr Pete's tick list, despite a floating population of around a dozon or so millionaires living in the place (including in the past a major rock star, an earl and various self-made Brummy businessmen).....funnily enough there's a critical need for affordable housing for the 'real locals', half of whom these days have to live in a caravan park 4 miles away, but not the expertise to get anything built under the new proposals despite all the money sloshing about......but these days I'm one of those know-nothing urban types living in central Newcastle, handy walking distance for a top 10 world party city (oh how we laughed!) so maybe disqualified to comment....
The village I'm most familiar with, in rural Worcestershire, has around 400 voters but can only field 1 small local family builder off Dr Pete's tick list, despite a floating population of around a dozon or so millionaires living in the place (including in the past a major rock star, an earl and various self-made Brummy businessmen).....funnily enough there's a critical need for affordable housing for the 'real locals', half of whom these days have to live in a caravan park 4 miles away, but not the expertise to get anything built under the new proposals despite all the money sloshing about......but these days I'm one of those know-nothing urban types living in central Newcastle, handy walking distance for a top 10 world party city (oh how we laughed!) so maybe disqualified to comment....