Concerns are growing that none of the soon-to-be elected mayors in the English devolution deals will be womenWhen Dorothy Thornhill won the election to become the first directly elected mayor of Watford,in Hertfordshire, her opponent said, and “you won’t final six months”.“Thirteen years on I’m still here,” she says drily, “and when I asked his colleagues why he said that, or the reason they gave was that in the council chamber I wasn’t the one standing up and shouting. I wasn’t big and tough enough.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com