BR gripped by local election fever!

AchillesLeftKnee

Or, more to the point, not.

Any thoughts on the results in the locals? Is it just the usual random crap we get at these things, with a tiny turnout and no real meaning behind the results, or is there something behind the rise of what sounds like a budget bed manufacturer?

Giraffoto

Mid-term council elections are a chance to say to the government that we don't have to vote for them, and to point out to the opposition that we don't think that they're any better. UKIP will do better than they deserve to (since they have almost no policies other than statements of what they're not) and will regrettably unseat a few local councillors who really knew what they were doing. In the last recession the BNP got a bit of undeserved attention, this time it's their turn - shame, but that's how things seem to happen

CambsNewbie

There was an election? Someone should have said something..