This is how we do it: the first day in office for Warwickshire's gen Z council leader

8am Meeting postponed due to clash with history A-level paper. Will get there when I do.

11am-12.30pm Planning meeting

• Application for new Blank Street coffee shop with photo booth (approved).

• Progress on the new JD Sports and PureGyms opening in the city centre.

• Proposal to close pub – convert to Sephora?

1pm Matcha break. Also scroll through TikTok.

1.30pm Budget meeting.

• Approval for office subscriptions (Netflix, Xbox Live, Apple TV).

• Approval for expanded education and youth programmes (influencing classes, how to make Dubai chocolate and Minecraft city building).

• Give the local park a glow-up: might need the rest of the budget – not going to lie, it’s been a while.

• Inform David he must tell Gary to shut the libraries, replacing physical books with AI plot summaries.

3pm All-staff therapy session with therapy dogs and llamas.

4pm Community meeting with constituents who passed the vibe check last week.

• Concerns over botanical gardens. Must be Instaworthy. Ask David what the most aesthetic flowers are.

• Solve dispute between neighbours – could just be old people bickering, lmao.

5pm Clock off for the day. Next time, let’s get GPT to write the minutes. Put on OOO saying: “In event of an urgent issue, please contact my mum, the Actual Adult™, as the council leader’s phone is on DND and I am playing Fifa with noise-cancelling headphones on.”

Above: George Finch