[Tagging] tagging for an office of the local representative to parliament
Paul Allen
pla16021 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 4 00:20:44 UTC 2018
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 12:10 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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 "politician" as such?
>
Elected. They don't serve any useful purpose since the EU is run by
unelected bureaucrats, but they're
elected.
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 the map! :-))
>
My local councillor is elected. Is she counted in this scheme of things?
Local government is
government and getting elected is politics. Even though it has US
connotations, a general term
might be "representative."
That's why I said this is a can of annelids. In a rabbit hole.
--
Paul
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