19th March 2006, 01:49 AM
Jim Lewthwaite was a contemporary and good friend of mine at Bradford. Of the class of 1983 postgraduates/research assistants three are involved in politics. Two are councillors. Im the one who has not won an election.
I respect anybody who is prepared to fight elections and be a councillor.
I think that you will find that professional archaeologists are in fact elected to most councils and assemblies except parliament. (There was one but he stood down at the last election). The father of the house however is a fellow of the society of antiquaries.
The current political issue is in fact why have the recommendations that the All Party Parliamentary Group made which could have been implemented by archaeologists themselves not been implemented.
Peter
I respect anybody who is prepared to fight elections and be a councillor.
I think that you will find that professional archaeologists are in fact elected to most councils and assemblies except parliament. (There was one but he stood down at the last election). The father of the house however is a fellow of the society of antiquaries.
The current political issue is in fact why have the recommendations that the All Party Parliamentary Group made which could have been implemented by archaeologists themselves not been implemented.
Peter