Polling stations open in UK local elections | AFP

The first people arrive to cast their ballots at polling stations in Westminster, central London, as Britain begins voting in local and mayoral elections that are expected to increase pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The polls are the last major electoral test before a general election that Sunak's Tory party, in power since 2010, seems destined to lose to the Labour opposition.
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[@pfeventsorganiser]

Londoners MUST vote KHAN out !

[@sanchez16]

No chance he`s well ahead in the polls and that racist lying Tory must be kept out

[@faye_didac]

ulez makes the city more beautiful and humane. i like seeing homeless people getting a place to live. these things are nice and make me happy

[@Israelipropaganda]

They don't have to be racist, they should vote for the best candidate.

[@TSC777]

@@faye_didac ulez doesnt change the environment tho does it? its just more money in their greedy pockets

[@faye_didac]

@@TSC777 no this is demonstrably incorrect. It's mainly about local air pollution. Cars release a lot of gases in to the air and they are really bad for your health. This causes unnecessary premature deaths. Climate change is secondary. Being the first major city to impose a ulez is a step but to have actual impact we are gonna need every major city in the world to do so.

[@colinbooth531]

Just voted to oust these Tory wasters.

[@ce5633]

It might help with their demise to some degree, but unfortunately this is not a General election.

[@colinbooth531]

@@ce5633 at least the local Tory ones can do one. Unfortunately they'll win here, too many dyed in the wool old school Tory toffs here.

[@imperatorvespasian3125]

so Labour Wasters instead, that will teach our overlords

[@soniahesketh3565]

No Reform on ballot papers here in North West England All the same old sames with Some none understand able names

[@roninhood1027]

Reject khan, reject Islam.

[@sanchez16]

FFS an arsehole calls himself Robin Hood , more like Maid Marion

[@faye_didac]

instead of rejecting things can we just embrace happiness and kindness?

[@roninhood1027]

@@faye_didac lol if that’s what you think Islam is offering, good luck.

[@faye_didac]

@@roninhood1027 I don't care about what Islam is offering. It's a religion that says effectively the same things as all other religions, like the difference between tesco, Sainsbury's and aldi. I just don't think we should "reject" people for choosing to believe one or the other.

[@roninhood1027]

@@faye_didac How insanely naive.

[@imperatorvespasian3125]

UK pretending to be a democracy again

[@johnbobson1557]

It's never been a democracy..

[@user-lt4se5us1z]

Not Uk local elections - English local elections.

[@derk420x]

england is in the uk

[@tommygordon5125]

@@derk420x Yes but there are no local elections anywhere else in the uk .... So England it is.

[@derk420x]

@@tommygordon5125 it’s still the uk

[@tommygordon5125]

@@derk420x no by definition, it is England , if it isn't happening anywhere else it's England .... Did your mother have a fall before you were born or something? Learn your own language and concentrate on descriptive writing before you swing and miss again . London is in England .

[@siguy3410]

fook it a vote for 1 crook or the other

[@123tonkin]

God all you poor poor sheep.......

[@siguy3410]

one crook or the other

[@FunnyOrNot]

Vote for what?

[@PikaPluff]

I dont even know what to vote, should i go random 😪

[@PikaPluff]

kidding, i will look up whos campaigning what before i do incase anyone is tracking my internet history.

[@towardtruerye4914]

@@PikaPluff vote for anyone that isnt sadiq khan

[@user-fo9bv2mm1g]

#Jail4Khan

ELECTION DAY BREAKING NEWS "Polling stations open in UK local elections"

[@PrivateJellyJose]

Boring