The Prime Minister justified not funding a nationwide mail-shot for the police commissioner elections on the need to save money at a time of austerity.
In fact, as council taxpayers, they cost us all dear to staff the polling stations, most having six or more clerks to deal with a turnout two could manage.
Eynsham illustrates the confusion that was sown in the minds of the public.
A campaigner distributing leaflets for a candidate told a friend he wasn’t voting and recommended she shouldn’t either, because the elections were a pointless wheeze dreamed up by Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats – glossing over the fact that they were one of David Cameron and Theresa May’s flagship policies.
Don Chapman, Newland Street, Eynsham
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