Charles Ellson wrote in
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On 19 Jul 2009 23:10:17 GMT, James Farrar
wrote:

"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in
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James Farrar wrote:

There is a huge variation around the country in the local
authorities' requirements for minicabs. I have a friend who use
to run a minicab business in Aylesbury, but now runs a similar
business in Middlesex.

Time traveller, is he?

(for m.t.u-t'ers, Middlesex hasn't existed for 44 years)

It exists. The Local Government Act abolished only its council.

So where is the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex?

What's a Lord Lieutenant?

The monarch's representative in an English or Welsh county (as defined
in the Lieutenancies Act 1997), a Scottish city or an area in Scotland
designated by an Order in Council; in the City of London (including
the Temples) the function is held by a commission presided over by the
capital's Lord Mayor. When the bomb drops and destroys central
government, (s)he takes over; until then, (s)he attends ceremonies,
banquets and bar-mitzvahs with or on behalf of the monarch.

A total non-entity, then. No wonder I had no idea what one was - and I'm
interested in politics!