Anger and apathy on UK campaign trail force candidates to keep it local

Government

SURREY, England — There are impassioned election fights going on in this leafy part of England — but you’d be hard-pressed to find a voter jumping for joy at the prospect. ​Across Surrey’s county and borough councils there’s a united theme: apathy and anger at politicians of all stripes. Rising costs, struggling public services, and general disillusionment with national politics mean even in well-to-do Surrey suburbs — once Conservative strongholds —  the public appears checked out. And that’s