The Mayor, the Minister and You: Where does the power lie?On 18th January, 2014, Bristol for Democracy organised a debate between the independent Mayor of Bristol and the LibDem Minister for local government. George Ferguson and Stephen Williams MP talked candidly for 1h45m about balance of power... 1. Between the LibDems and the Tories in central government... 2. Between the Mayor and Councillors in Bristol's new local government structure... 3. Between Mayors, David Cameron and Eric Pickles (Secretary of State for Department for Communities and Local Government)... Topics covered included the RPS, housing, council funding, lobbying on national issues, electoral reform and the secret location of Trident... Chaired by Chris Brown of Bristol 24/7... Filmed by Oliver Purches... Edited by David Gould and Oliver Purches.
