Elected mayor forum attracts 181,205 hits
Fascinating debate raging on the website of Birmingham Mail columnist Adrian Goldberg re. elected mayors.
A trail entitled 'Birmingham Mail launches petition for elected mayor referendum' was started nearly a year ago on the forum at www.TheStirrer.co.uk
To date this has registered 181,205 hits, with 1,305 responses. This accounts for nearly 8% of activity on this alternative Midlands politico site.
Most interesting of all are the posters who register dismay, anger, nay, disgust at the subject. And yet they still can't resist commenting... day after day. A right row goes on most days.
I think it's great that so many people have been engaged in thinking and talking about politics. Not just those visiting The Stirrer, but also the 10,000+ who've signed up to the petition.
Watch this space for news about elected mayors as the petition reaches its final stages in the next three weeks
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Steve Dyson
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Only 1300 comments and aren't a fair proportion of them actually yours?
It's a fair cop, guv! I am Editor@B'hamMail on TheStirrer and have placed a few messages in the last year. The majority are from other interested parties however. About half for, and half against the idea that the public should decide the issue themselves. As I've said on that site, the petition campaign has certainly engaged some public interest.