“Those who pay the piper are entitled to …

“Those who pay the piper are entitled to call the tune. One man, one vote is not the law and is not a basic principle in local government elections.”

—Albert Anderson, as Ulster Unionist Mayor of Derry/Londonderry, opposing campaign against company and plural votes in local government, 1/7/1966. Paul Routledge, John Hume, Harper Collins, 1998, p. 55.

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