In just a little more than a week, Londoners will go to the polls to elect their new city council. As we at the Voice have talked with literally hundreds of voters (and declared non-voters) over the past few months, one thing has emerged very clearly- for many people this election is not about the economy.

We often receive letters from people who are angry at what they see as poor government policy and practice, but don’t know what to do about it. Here’s a recent example:
“Everyone I talk to is mad as hell with government stuff, but what do we do …..WHAT DO WE DO? Do we stop paying taxes, [...]

Here’s one for you. Conventional wisdom among many of the political class in the city is that mayoral challenger Joe Fontana will have a tough time defeating Anne Marie DeCicco-Best.
In previous editions of the Voice (see our archives) I have offered some strategies by which that could be accomplished. Not because I necessarily want to see [...]

Every election there will be at least one wag who will rise to his or her feet at an all-candidates meeting and attack some candidate for “not living in the ward”.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t get it. The renewed interest at city hall in exploring the possibility of on-line voting just doesn’t make sense to me.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Luddite and have only one reason to oppose the electronification of the voting process (which I’ll explain shortly).