I was one of the co-chairs of the No campaign in Birmingham. I won’t reiterate the detailed arguments against a Directly Elected Mayor (DEM). All of that information is available on the No to a power freak website.

Initially it was thought that the “yes” campaign would have an easy victory. However, on the day, of the 10 referenda mandated by central government, 9 went against a DEM.
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