Charlotte Leslie backs campaign to have an elected mayor for Bristol  

Charlotte will be supporting the campaign to have an elected mayor for Bristol – which moved a step closer last week by confirmation that there will be a ballot on May 3 in the city on the issue.  Bristolians will be asked:  How would you like Bristol to be run? By a leader who is an elected councillor chosen by a vote of the other elected councillors. This is how the council is run now.OR By a mayor who is elected by voters. This would be a change from how the council is run now. She also described an Evening Post campaign, which seeks to start a debate on whether the city is fulfilling its great potential, as ‘timely’. Charlotte said Bristol has achieved – and will continue to achieve – great things, but questioned whether this was in spite or because of its political system. She criticised the council election system which sees a change of councillors most years, leaving the...