The Critic Magazine

Today, Britain goes to the polls to elect its local councillors. In one sense, this is the least consequential decision of all time. Beyond collecting bins, hosting diversity workshops and (whoops) shouldering the entire burden of social care and going bust, what do they even do? In another sense, it’s the highest of high stakes events, as the fate of the government, the traditional political parties and the future of things like the union between England, Scotland and Wales are being decided.