Non Political Images Thread

[Josquius]

Wonder how he could get the job at such an age.

[Sheilbh]

He's a councillor and it's just a one year honorary position with no power (but with a fancy office, car and costume). I assume the governing party just rotates it and he won.

[Valmy]

Also for some reason I always thought New York was far more northern than San Francisco (and it also surprises me that north-south it looks like Toronto is closer to San Francisco than Vancouver).

I am amused that both New York and San Francisco happen to be on the same latitude as southern Italy and Sicily.

[grumbler]

I don't think that it would work for the Westminster City Council, with 54 members, to "just rotate" the Lord Mayorship.  I think that the election of a Muslim and young man was a deliberate jab at the Conservatives, who until May had held the majority in the Council since it was created.  I also noted that, since the Lord mayor is Muslim, so must be his chaplain, who is also apparently the Council Chaplain.

I lived in Westminster for three years and never knew the city had a Lord Mayor.

[Sheilbh]

Same - I didn't live there as long but I had no idea either. And makes sense if it's a jab - also possibly about him being from Westminster and growing up in a council house (I looked him up now) because that's a side of Westminster that is often forgotten, not least by the Tory councils who've historically governed for the rich bits in the middle. I remember being amazed I was in that council area given how cheap my flat was (at the time), but there are areas of Westminster that are among the most deprived in London - which doesn't fit with the image.

Although I suppose it makes sense they have one - it's technically the City of Westminster so it makes sense that, like the City of London, they have a Lord Mayor. From what I can see their main responsibility is picking up the Christmas tree gift from Oslo every year