Whatever the outcome of the present somewhat stuttering struggle to create a new government alliance of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, it has already raised hopes that, almost as a side issue, a union would liberate Newmarket from the present cat's cradle of boundaries. If the boundary cannot be drawn rationally, the remedy maybe to abolish it altogether. This is scarcely uppermost in the minds of negotiators but it would be a blessing to the town. On the related issue of creating a regional 'mayor' as a three-county figurehead, I propose that the early expression of an eagerness to take on the role should automatically disqualify anyone from becoming a candidate.
