Manchester Voter Apathy as Local Elections Approach

Politico reports: The Manchester Evening News team has been out and about gauging levels of voter apathy on housing estates across their region — and the answers are every bit as depressing as you’d expect. “Common themes emerged quickly,” the paper reports. “A deterioration in streets and services, a rise in crime.

These are the local government issues that come up again and again, the problems people directly associate with town halls and ever-rising council tax bills. Underneath that, though, lies deeper apathy, anger, or both, aimed not just at the local council, but at Westminster and the political class as a whole.

Phrases such as ‘I don’t trust any of them,’ ‘there’s no point’ or ‘they’re in it for themselves’ are replicated from street to street, borough to borough.”

ABC Note: People are fed up but if you want to make a difference not voting is not the way to do it. 

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