纽卡斯尔的独立议员试图改变席位安排,以便一起开会。 Newcastle's independent councillors seek to change seating arrangement to sit together at meetings.

Newcastle独立议员Mark Brooker和Peter Gittins提议在理事会会议上作出新的座位安排,要求坐在一起,而不是坐在马蹄形桌的对面。 Independent Newcastle councillors Mark Brooker and Peter Gittins are proposing a new seating arrangement at council meetings, asking to sit together rather than at opposite ends of the horseshoe-shaped table. 他们认为这一改变将赋予独立人士与政治附属议员同样的席位权利。 They believe this change would give independents the same seating rights as politically affiliated councillors. 如果该动议获得通过,将布洛克和吉廷斯放在会议厅的右侧,格林斯议员西奥布汉·伊斯赫伍德在对面。 The motion, if passed, would place Brooker and Gittins together on the right side of the chamber, with Greens councillor Siobhan Isherwood on the opposite side.