The section Local government is a little "and then this happened and then that happened" - any info at all on how any of these changes impacted on the growth or people of Upminster will improve the section considerably - not an issue for GA, but would be good for FAC (I try to give articles I review a shove in that direction :))
Link or explain "parish vestry" - I'm an aussie atheist :/Y linked
Governance section - any notes on traditionally tory or labour leaning?Y it is unusual politically that it votes residents; added with reference
Rather than see also at the bottom, I'd have a couple of sentences on schools and hospitals if any.
Schools and hospitals: There are no hospitals, and probably one school that is notable, but it can also lay claim to be in neighbouring
Cranham. For reasons such as this we've organised schools information in articles relating to each of the 32 London boroughs, and I think I'd prefer to leave it that way.
MRSC (
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11:21, 20 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Local government: The narrative is a system of local government failing to keep up with the pace of change (population growth, urban expansion). This is true of much of the Greater London area, and implicit in the article. There are probably sources to be found which explicitly state this.
MRSC (
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11:23, 20 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Point taken - I agree that often these changes mean little to the folk at large, but was just wondering that maybe one or more of them may have actually had some real-life impact.
The section Local government is a little "and then this happened and then that happened" - any info at all on how any of these changes impacted on the growth or people of Upminster will improve the section considerably - not an issue for GA, but would be good for FAC (I try to give articles I review a shove in that direction :))
Link or explain "parish vestry" - I'm an aussie atheist :/Y linked
Governance section - any notes on traditionally tory or labour leaning?Y it is unusual politically that it votes residents; added with reference
Rather than see also at the bottom, I'd have a couple of sentences on schools and hospitals if any.
Schools and hospitals: There are no hospitals, and probably one school that is notable, but it can also lay claim to be in neighbouring
Cranham. For reasons such as this we've organised schools information in articles relating to each of the 32 London boroughs, and I think I'd prefer to leave it that way.
MRSC (
talk)
11:21, 20 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Local government: The narrative is a system of local government failing to keep up with the pace of change (population growth, urban expansion). This is true of much of the Greater London area, and implicit in the article. There are probably sources to be found which explicitly state this.
MRSC (
talk)
11:23, 20 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Point taken - I agree that often these changes mean little to the folk at large, but was just wondering that maybe one or more of them may have actually had some real-life impact.