#OnThisDay Flashback Friday 15th August 2014 - On this day last year BBC News reported on the controversy over a council banning its mayor from wearing his chains of office....
The #OnThisDay take on the BBC news story from this day last year about Mansfield council banning its directly-elected mayor from wearing his chains of office. According to the report the council leader had stated that "the council chairman should wear the civic chains and not the mayor. He really should be concentrating on running Mansfield District Council as a medium-sized business and also driving the district forward. This is not 21st Century politics - this is parading around in bling."
The report went on to say that the "chains have been removed from a display of civic regalia and locked in a safe until the dispute is resolved."...
'On This Day...Friday 15th August 2014' written, performed, edited and produced by Richard Usher
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