Politics
Bread Street is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing one alderman and a number of common councilmen (the City equivalent of a councillor) to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Only Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand for office as aldermen; to stand as a common councilman, a candidate must be a Freeman and also an elector, a resident, or an owner of freehold or leasehold land within the City. As of March 2009, the elected members for the ward of Bread Street are Alderman Sir Michael Savory, Deputy Dr. Giles Shilson and Oliver Lodge TD CC.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”
—Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)
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—Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)
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