Andy D'Agorne

On Thursday May 1st residents of London will have the choice of replacing Ken with a clown (well they voted in a monkey in Middlesborough so anything is possible!) Green candidate Sian Berry is striking a balance between promoting the party and not letting Boris in - fortunately in London the proportional voting means that first and second preference votes are available. Not so in Yorkshire local elections, so I will be on my old stamping ground in Sheffield where the Green Party holds the balance of power on the council between Labour and Lib Dems and are looking to grow from two to three councillors. In York of course we have to wait until 2011 barring by elections for the chance to change the balance of councillors on City of York Council. However the fact that it will be a Labour mayor chairing council meetings from May means that when the 7 Tories decide they dont want to support the Lib Dem position, the two Greens can decide whether the Lib Dem or Labour position is adopted. This could prove interesting when it comes to deciding who runs the council at the May council meeting!! (Watch this space)