Amy Selman: May's Local Elections Were Not About Local Issues, Part 2 - We Have to Get to the Heart of Those Local Issues

Amy Selman: May's local elections were not about local issues, Part 2 - We have to get to the heart of those local issues

Amy C. Selman is a former policy adviser to the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. This is the second part of an ongoing short series on Local Government, entitled ‘Why should I care?’ you can read part one here.   “Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.” George Jean Nathan (1951) On the doorstep for the 2026 local elections, we heard familiar refrains: “I’m not interested in politics“; “I’m not going to vote, t…

Amy Selman: May’s local elections were not about local issues, Part 2 – We have to get to the heart of those local issues

Amy C. Selman is a former policy adviser to the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. This is the second part of an ongoing short series on Local Government, entitled ‘Why should I care?’ you can read part one here.   “Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.” George...