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WELL that was exciting wasn’t it? They called it Super Thursday, presumably in the vain attempt to elicit any form of enthusiasm among the voting populace.
But in reality, despite the almost tropical weather, the mood was more akin to a rainy weekend in Wigan.
Due to the blanket coverage afforded to next month’s EU poll, the local elections despite their importance seemed like a warm-up exercise for June 23.
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
MAT COWARD introduces some of the electoral oddballs of the political fringe who remain one of the liveliest features of British democracy, despite efforts to abolish them
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too