[Reposted] Lord Mayor of London (ex): Finchley's and Hammerson's 'Lord Bear of Brent Cross and the 266 bus to Cricklewood' (well, almost)

Link to, er, The London Gazette

"The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the Honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:

"Michael David Bear, lately Lord Mayor, City of London. For services to Regeneration, Charity and the City of London." 

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Link (in two steps) to The Guardian

Even though we warned her against doing that to Hammerson's 'Director of Regeneration' since 2003 (is that paradox or irony?) many times:

Link to The Guardian

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Although to be fair, the next Lord Mayor is even worse:

Link to Daily Telegraph

Daily Telegraph:

"To summarise the charge sheet: the Corporation is a plutocratic old boys club, in hock to big finance that’s masonically secretive and blind to the City’s excesses. Not only is reform long overdue, but abolishing the Lord Mayor would be a top place to start.

"Wootton relates how the previous Lord Mayor, Michael Bear, has had a 'year-long initiative called Restoring Trust in the City'. To the observation that it doesn’t seem to have worked, Wootton responds that while Bear’s work was 'away from the public gaze', the next phase is 'much more public'."

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