LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Election fever and engagement

The chances of things changing dramatically are slim if we continue, as citizens and as public servants, to treat elections as a transactional function of democracy, writes Dr Jonathan Carr-West.

When it comes to politics, it is fair to assume the readership of The MJ tends further towards the interested end of the spectrum. But even MJ readers may be feeling a touch of momentary election fatigue.

Local elections take place today in counties and in the new metro mayoralties. There is probably not much more to be said about those until we know the results.

Jonathan Carr-West

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