Politicians are strongly attached to the system that elects them.
But British politicians (and the public that elects them) want to have it both ways.
Party branches and, after them, the party's regional and provincial outfits nominate candidates for the top ANC jobs, including the president, and also choose delegates to the party conference that elects them.
Not that poets are less mortal than the rest of us -- never mind the fancy uniforms they wear when the Académie Française elects them to the rank of immortals.
Public figures *should* be able to call out crazies & bigots when encountered" @Canukate: "The thing to remember in this #bigotedwoman drama: Gordon Brown calls a bigot a 'bigot', and David Cameron elects them to his front bench".
Mr Ward told the gathering of hundreds of business people at the city's International Convention Centre: "Like the chamber, the mayor is a brand which is recognised throughout Europe and the world as representing the city which elects them.
