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Politics

The elections no one has even heard of

The EU referendum hogs all the attention, but what happens in Scotland, Wales and London has real political significance

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

Britain goes to the polls next week. Yet this has barely registered on the media radar. These aren’t the forgotten elections; they are the ones nobody’s bloody heard of. This is surprising, because they have real political significance. North of the border, the Scottish parliamentary elections will almost certainly result in another overall majority for the SNP.

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