One of the developments easily overlooked in the extraordinary turbulence of 2019 was the very strong Green performance in local elections that year - was their best performance ever. Will be interesting to see if they can repeat it next week
https://twitter.com/newstatesman/status/1387663014866915330
If they do then this may have seismic long term implications- the Lib Dems’ enduring strength as the main third party in England is built on their ability to build support, visibility and activists via local government. Greens did same in Brighton, now looking to build out
Labour probably have most to worry about from Green expansion given the overlap between two parties’ appeals - Greens could swiftly become a new hone for disaffected liberal-left voters. But if Greens demonstrate local competence they could easy draw support from Cons & LDs too
Greens might displace LDs in some places as the local govt choice for all, or we might end up with a patchwork map - Greens emerge as local opposition to Lab in v Lab places, LDs remain as local opposition to Com in v Con places.
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