I have met some of these candidates and their ilk at various social functions.
Common theme of taking themselves very fucking seriously.
It’s a local council with fuck all power. Pensioners complaining about not being able to bring a dog on the DART.
No normal person wants to do it. Narcissism and a sense of entitlement. One of them (the FG lady) has a self published novel ffs.
Anybody involved in politics in their teens and twenties should be banned from any elected office.