If the last few years has taught me anything about elections it is this – they are increasingly unpredictable. But on this local election day, I would suggest one probable outcome. No one is winning.

To say the local elections are important in their own right in The MJ is preaching to the converted, but the national political obsession over Brexit is set to hit both turnout and support for the main parties – despite the best efforts of councillors to keep it local.