Local election results.

[the other bob wilson]

I agree with most of the points above. Would add that Labour has lost 200,000 members since Starmer’s election as leader including many of the younger and most active. It is a hamstrung and demoralised party with few policies and an uninspiring leader who has reneged on all his 10 pledges. As an ex-member I didn’t vote Labour this time (my partner - also an ex-member stood for the WEP) and I saw hardly any Labour posters around.

Around here there was a Independent councillor who has made local issues his priority since he won his place on the Council after the last election. He got one of my two votes and I gave the other one to Labour because the Council up here seems more proactive and visible than it was in Cardiff.

So, my votes were made very much from the perspective of local politics and I believe that there is a move towards “smaller” politics across the country - I might be wrong, but it strikes me that this should aid left/progressive parties more.