Heather Jameson says: 'There will no doubt be casualties – some deserving, others not – at the ballot box this time around. But the implications of large-scale change will cast ripples far wider in the local government pond.'
As large swathes of the public head for the polls, the political world has dissolved into melodramatic hyperbole – albeit largely justified on this occasion.
Meanwhile, the national media is treating the local elections like another opinion poll for the Government. For once, they may have a point.
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