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Lessons from the past about governance

George Jones and John Stewart look at how councils in the past dealt with issues like referenda and voting.

George Jones and John Stewart look at how councils in the past dealt with issues like referenda and voting.

The past is a foreign country full of strange forgotten practices. In the past of local government there were important differences from today. Can we learn lessons from the different ways of operating in the past?

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