Julia Hartley-Brewer
The big question in British politics right now is what will happen when Rishi Sunak oversees a local election defeat in a few weeks’ time
But those wise men and women are the same who predicted the end of two-party politics in 2010, that Remain would win in 2016, in 2019 thatI don’t believe that unity is the key at election time.Sure, voters rightly judge that parties busy fighting internal battles care more about personal rivalries than delivering for the people.A party that’s unified around a policy to double everyone’s income tax isn’t going to win an election, no matter how much all their MPs nod their heads in unison.
Yet nothing has ever come close to the joy of hearing my daughter say, for the very first time: “I love you, Mummy.”Councils close roads to make them more “bike and pedestrian friendly” but most local people never get a say in the schemes, which are really just a cunning way for councils to use drivers as a cash cow, fining them a fortune when they accidently enter an LTN or drive at 23mph.
Cue the predictable news headlines about him being “the first black leader” of Wales and, indeed, in the whole of Europe.But who really cares about that? We’ve had three female PMs , an Asian PM, Asian and black Cabinet ministers, a Muslim First Minister of Scotland . . . the list goes on.
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