Certainly hope so…

From today’s Guardian:

Labour MPs were cowering at Westminster yesterday, fearing that the government’s troubles would translate into one of the worst sets of local government results since Harold Wilson’s in 1968. The sense of crisis is heightened by the knowledge that the government faces several difficult tests in coming weeks.

May 4, Local elections
Inside the cabinet there is as yet unvoiced concern at the possibility that Labour is going to lose control of the capital, including once-safe Labour councils such as Camden and Haringey.

Hi ho, hi ho, it is off canvassing I go…

The nature of a political campaign is, I’ve discovered, very much that of a rollercoaster; you meet a couple of friendly and enthusiastic voters and you are “up”, a few cold shoulders and you are “down”. The fact is that with an unhappy electorate, the likelihood of a very low turnout, just about anything could happen, but Greens controlling the balance of power on Camden council is a distinct possibility.

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