It’s local and London election time, and Coffee House will be bringing you frequent news and analysis throughout today and tomorrow. For now, though, an overview of what the papers are saying…
Are the local elections a dress rehearsal for the general election? Not so, says Peter Riddell in the Times:
“The joy of local elections is their sheer unpredictability and the idiosyncrasies of the results. As even a glance at the candidates in the London mayoral contest shows, we are not seeing clones of Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg rehearsing for the big one in two years time…
…So nothing will be quite what it seems, not least because the first results after midnight will be atypical. Savour the complexities. The 2010 general election will look very different.”
In the Independent, Steve Richards hopes that Riddell’s got it right – but he
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