On Saturday Claire visited Bolton, the largest town in England, and spoke to locals Trevor Jones and Nick Buckley about what they hope to achieve by standing as independent candidates in the forthcoming local elections.
Back at the Stockport Changing Politics for Good conference in February 2020, Trevor told Claire that he intended to set up a local party. Fourteen months later, Bolton For Change is lively and growing and has inspired other ‘micro-parties’ around the country. Claire met the team…