COLLECTIVE NAME FOR COUNCILLORS…
COLLECTIVE NAME FOR COUNCILLORS
I have been attending meetings for about a year now via a computer screen, without the need to travel anywhere, except from my lounge to the broom cupboard which serves as my
office.I now doubt whether I will ever again attend most meetings physically. At a virtual meeting today, just before the formal business began, I joked about what the collective name for a gathering of Councillors might be. A colleague offered the following : ” A Nuisance of Councillors”.
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