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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/11/18 11:20, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:10 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick
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            <div dir="ltr">Question though (more for someone in Europe)
              - is a "Member of the European Parliament" elected, or
              just appointed by their home country? Are they a
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          <div>Elected.  They don't serve any useful purpose since the
            EU is run by unelected bureaucrats, but they're</div>
          <div>elected.</div>
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                <div>Is there another overall term for elected people?
                  (& yes, I can think of quite a few terms for them,
                  but I don't think we should be marking any of them on
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          <div>My local councillor is elected.  Is she counted in this
            scheme of things?  Local government is</div>
          <div>government and getting elected is politics.  Even though
            it has US connotations, a general term</div>
          <div>might be "representative."<br>
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    office=government<br>
    government=constituency_office<br>
    or<br>
    government=politicians_office<br>
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    ???  <br>
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    Leaving is as office=government is too broad .. could encompass a
    taxation office. <br>
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