At last the build up to local elections seems to have gathered some steam. National papers are starting to pay for and publish their Mori polls, and the “regionals” have at last been woken from a “Snow White” deep sleep and moved from “cats up trees” to actually who may govern their readership.
For “Rise Like Lions” the regional council elections are very important, not just because they give a national reflection, but additionally because they will set the tone as to how our communities are administered.
However, after 10 years of very disappointing Blair rule, and in view of the Iraq fiasco, I am looking for more than just a Labour “bloody nose”.
The problem with the local elections is that whilst the change of party within one ward may change the controlling element of a Council, it doesn’t necessarily involve a major swing at national level. Labour have in their tenure as a government lost more seats at council level than they have gained, but they still control the Westminster agenda. Where a battle can be won however, and something the national press have ignored, is in the elections for the Mayor of London. I will follow this post with a full review later, but rest assured, this will be Brown’s first test!
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