Millions of Britons head to the polls today. From the Scottish Highlands to the Isle of Wight, swathes of the country will elect local councillors and representatives in national parliaments. Officially, the mundane functioning of everyday life is on the ballot: bin collections, road maintenance and community services.
But many commentators are expecting a political earthquake, where the end of a system dominated by two parties is truly crystalised for the first time, and the survival of Keir Starmer as British prime minister is called into question.
