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    RISE OF THE INDEPENDENTS

    May 02, 2022 4 minutes
    By Greg Barradale

    Polls open on May 5, with local elections in England and Scotland and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland. Nationally, the conversation is focused on what a Partygate-inflicted drubbing might mean for Boris Johnson’s premiership.

    That is an issue, but it’s not the only one driving concerns. This set of local elections is a battleground for the issues affecting people’s lives.

    Dismayed by what they see around them, a growing number of ordinary people have felt compelled to put themselves forward as independent candidates. The Independent Network, an organisation helping people to run as independents, says three times more candidates have come forward than did in 2019. Come May 6 they could have a big impact on how we all lead our

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