Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness

Local contests in England feature Labor and the Conservatives, as well as the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, the Green Party in England and Wales, and often competitive independents. In the devolved elections, in Wales you have Plaid Cymru, who want to see an independent Wales one day, and in Scotland you have the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish National Party, who want to see Scotland be independent.