Talk:Julian Huppert
Notability
Julian Huppert was a Cambridge County Councillor for 8 years, served on the Eastern Regional Assembly, is an academic scientist at Cambridge University, (that's enough notability - ed) Laurence Boyce (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- Is your justification that he meets POLITICIAN (point 2) or that he meets the PROF guidance? Fæ (talk)
- I'd say it was more POLITICIAN (point 1). Laurence Boyce (talk) 18:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
- County councillors haven't come under POLITICIAN 1 in the past. Nor have members of
quangosregional assemblies. Wereon (talk) 21:44, 20 April 2010 (UTC)- Well if a regional assembly isn't a sub-national body, then I'm not sure what it is. Laurence Boyce (talk) 11:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's not elected, and it doesn't have legislative or substantial executive powers. Wereon (talk) 16:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- So? The House of Lords is not elected, has no executive power at all, and has a highly emasculated legislative function. Are you going to go removing their Lordships from Wikipedia too? A regional assembly is a sub-national potitical entity. I'm sorry that British democracy is so limp-wristed – really I am – but I can't see how that is relevant here. Laurence Boyce (talk) 17:25, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- It's not elected, and it doesn't have legislative or substantial executive powers. Wereon (talk) 16:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- Well if a regional assembly isn't a sub-national body, then I'm not sure what it is. Laurence Boyce (talk) 11:24, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
- County councillors haven't come under POLITICIAN 1 in the past. Nor have members of
- I'd say it was more POLITICIAN (point 1). Laurence Boyce (talk) 18:07, 20 April 2010 (UTC)