Re England’s local elections and some people planning not to vote:
Some years ago, a black friend was living in the north of England (Burnley). There were local elections and I asked him about voting; he said he wasn’t going to bother as he was very busy and they were ‘only local elections’. The next day he had a BNP councillor - and was kicking himself.
If you don’t vote, you are effectively handing your vote to someone else.
