An extraordinary meeting of Harborough District Council has voted unanimously in favour of a parish council for Market Harborough, reports BBC News \. This vote, which took place on Monday, followed a public poll in which 86 per cent of those who voted supported the establishment of a new council\. I was one of them\. The BBC report makes great play of the fact that only 24 per cent of those eligible cast a vote, but I wonder if this is such a bad figure for such a poll\. Given the possibilit...

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