The Lib Dems are on to a vote winner with their plan to crack down on yobs who blare out music on public transport. The party wants to change the law to explicitly ban playing music and videos out loud on trains and buses in England. As an almost daily user of London’s public transport network, there is little that enrages me more than those who decide we all need to hear the music they’re listening to, the video they’re watching or the phone conversation they’re having. Ed Davey’s party says it will hit these headphone dodgers with a £1,000 fine. It’s the perfect attention-grabbing Lib Dem gimmick – one that will strike a chord with voters and get out the vote in this year’s local elections.
The Lib Dems are heading to the polls in positive spirits
In total, 14 county councils, eight unitary authorities, the Doncaster metropolitan district and a host of mayoralties are up for grabs on Thursday.
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