So this year I actually remembered to register to vote in the local election, not that it did any good; we didn’t have much in the way of canvassing, leaflets, etc. I ended up voting for the Greens on principle, but Labour got in anyway — better than the Tories, at least, though Plymouth council overall is a Tory majority by about 5 people. I had a look at the results for Sunderland, but couldn’t work out which ward was which since they were reorganised a few years back. I have a feeling it’s the one with Margaret Thatcher^WForbes as councillor now, though. I’m thinking about going along to the Green Party meeting next week, assuming I can work out where it is (the website hasn’t been updated for May’s meeting yet…).
Unfortunately, professional twerp and congenital Tory Boris Johnson is now Mayor of London; the fact that he’s a racist, sexist, homophobic bigot appears to have been ignored; indeed, some people seem to think that he’s a "great politician".