Southend gets city status in honour of Sir David Amess

[rjfp1962]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just announced city status for Southend, in honour of Sir David Amess..

The most fitting of tributes of a life so needlessly lost.....

[Al Gorithum]

That was quick!

I wonder what this means for Southend?

[Stick Legs]

City status for sure.


And maybe some Cake...

[Timothy Bucktu]

Good. Very nice gesture.

[voram]

Al Gorithum said:

I wonder what this means for Southend?

Southend Cathedral.

[GroundEffect]

I wonder where they'll draw the limits as it's just one massive sprawl now.

[crankedup5]

A fitting tribute indeed for a man who offered so much to his constituents and beyond. Excellent.

[BabySharkDooDooDooDooDooDoo]

Looks like it was already sort of planned as a consideration

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-c...

It’s a fitting tribute as the MP was a strong supporter

[RammyMP]

Does that Batley will be a city also? Don’t think so, it’s up north so it can get to fk.

Edit: sorry, not taking anything away from the horrendous event. Just there is a world outside the south east.

Another edit, I’ll get my coat,,.

Edited by RammyMP on Monday 18th October 18:17

[Lotobear]

RammyMP said:

Does that Batley will be a city also? Don’t think so, it’s up north so it can get to fk.

Edit: sorry, not taking anything away from the horrendous event. Just there is a world outside the south east.

Another edit, I’ll get my coat,,.

Edited by RammyMP on Monday 18th October 18:17

Amess had been campaigning for ages to get city status for sarfend whereas I don't think Jo had been for Batley. Neither really warrant it to be fair but it's a nice gesture nonetheless

[Silver3ides]

Que , lots of Guns N' Roses .. Take me down to 'Southend City' stuff

[Electro1980]

Silver3ides said:

Que , lots of Guns N' Roses .. Take me down to 'Southend City' stuff

That is now in my head. bd!

[Fundoreen]

I remember it as a bit of promenade with some amusement arcades. Maybe its changed.
City status means you get more funding or something as far as I know. Wonder where the money will be taken away from?
Boris is like a twitching frog leg on a jolt of electricity for policy.

[Donbot]

Yep. We'd have Jaywick city if bojo thought it would please the plebs.

[Tango13]

Donbot said:

Yep. We'd have Jaywick city if bojo thought it would please the plebs.

Jaywick is already stty! Oh, sorry, you said city, my bad.

[fourstardan]

It's a sad situation but what on earth does giving this place city status achieve.

I doubt most people had heard of it before Friday.

[loafer123]

I would think that some public funding is awarded to cities that isn’t awarded to towns.

[Dogwatch]

voram said:

Southend Cathedral.

Still waiting to see what the Brighton one will look like! Seems it isn’t a requirement these days.

Main change seemed to be a jump in house prices.

[fourstardan]

loafer123 said:

I would think that some public funding is awarded to cities that isn’t awarded to towns.

Makes sense on funding, but thats funding being taken away from run down places in Essex like Jaywick and Brentwood LOL

[anonymous-user]

fourstardan said:

loafer123 said:

I would think that some public funding is awarded to cities that isn’t awarded to towns.

Makes sense on funding, but thats funding being taken away from run down places in Essex like Jaywick and Brentwood LOL

Southend is a unitary authority. Their funding is totally separate from the rest of Essex.

All it means is a lot of expense rebranding all their paperwork, hih-viz jackets, works vans, "Welcome to" signs etc etc.

(Jaywick has probably had more "money per resident" spent on it than almost anywhere else in Essex in the last 5 years!)