[joeysteele]

There's not a vote held where I live this year.
So I could opt out of this discussion and it may be wise to have done so.
However no, if there was voting in my area then I'd still be voting Labour.
However barely so and only because I usually don't judge governments after only months.
Despite despicable policies it was 3 years on from 2010 that I lost all faith or trust in the Con/LibDem coalition then went over to Labour.

These local elections are going to likely be really bad for Labour though ( they barely had 29% in these elections in 2021),as they were for the LibDens too in 2011 from getting shared power in only 2010.
However it looks too like the conservatives are going to get hammered too.
Which now, in opposition with a very unpopular currently government, shouldn't be the case.

The Mayoral elections are going to be interesting.
Plus the by-election which I think Labour could and should lose, for why this by-election came about in the first place.

However my disillusionment with politics at present, will after these elections only increase.
A mix of dismay and despair even that the narcissistic Farage will probably be grinning even more ear to ear and his awful more hate filled Party against other human beings, being rewarded for that more prejudice.

It will now be very interesting and these are more Conservative councils up for election this time.
So it will be interesting to see IF Reform takes lots of seats off the Conservatives but then put the Conservatives back into leading running that council.
Plus to see if Reform lead in a Council what the Conservatives do.
Will they put Reform in and enable more success for them.

These elections will raise lots of issues for Badenoch, she can't claim mid term anti government blues now.
How will her more running to join the policies on some issues of Farage and Reform now play out in these local elections.
Only a handful of votes often decide the seats in loads of council seats.
So on a low turnout as usual, it will be interesting to see what actually happens this time.