The UK #LabourParty expects to be wiped out in #Lancashire's reinstated #councilElections. My initial instinct is sympathy with local councillors, who are usually made of much better stuff than the national leadership.

But the councils requested the postponement. They are indeed short-staffed, and the top-down centralisation of councils is not their plan. But cancelling elections is a terrible response at any time. And in these times, it was suicidal. Get em out!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/18/labour-lancashire-fear-party-annihilated-polls-keir-starmer-u-turn