When the Conservative Party won control of the Greater London Council from Labour in the 1977 local elections, Bryan Cassidy believed it was democracy by divine
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Michael in his robes!
I’ve just been elected Speaker (civic Mayor) of Hackney for 2021/22, my second term of office, a great honour for me and my family. Distinguished predecessors include Herbert Morrison – Peter Mandelson’s grandfather, Sir Lou Sherman, Stanley Clinton-Davis (now Lord Clinton-Davis) and my old friend from the Board of Deputies, Arthur Super, in 1975/76.