Three years’ in the past, the Conservative Social gathering celebrated their greatest native elections efficiency since 2008. However after final week’s native elections in England and Wales, the Telegraph referred to as the outcomes a “dire day” for the Conservatives.
Now that the mud has settled, we’re taking a more in-depth look. Native elections aren’t nearly Depend Binface and potholes. With the following common election creeping ever nearer, journalists and political wonks had been watching these elections like hawks.
So who had been the massive winners and losers? Has the rise of metro mayors elevated democracy in England? And what does this all imply for the following common election?
Hannah Peaker is joined by joined by Dr Abi O’Connor, senior researcher on the New Economics Basis and Jack Shaw, fellow on the Bennet Institute for Public Coverage.
Music: Considerate by Lee Rosevere, Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org/music/lee-rose…-than-answers/, used below Artistic Commons licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
