Local elections: Are we sleepwalking into the weirdest government yet? | In The Room

On Thursday 7 May, 25,000 candidates will participate in the local elections as potential representatives of Labour, the Conservative Party, the Reform Party, the Greens or political independents. In Cleo Watson’s words, this number is completely unprecedented.

In this clip from the latest episode of In The Room, Cleo and Helen explain from personal experience just how tricky such a situation can be and the potentially disastrous effects of ‘really ill-suited people’ ending up in highly important positions.

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