Ideally, citizens should cast their vote on 7 May for the candidates they think are most likely to run their devolved government or local council best. There is undoubtedly an element of rough justice, at the very least, in the imminent ejection from office of hundreds of local councillors, mostly representing the Labour and Conservative parties, for the sins of their national leaders rather than for anything they may have done.
As we report on Saturday, three Labour mayors have expressed alarm at the way that Sir Keir Starmer’s missteps have distracted from local issues and undermined the party’s record in local government.
