To some degree for most people, life in this part of the North York Moors goes on as normal.
From: Terry Palmer, South Lea Avenue, Hoyland, Barnsley.
"I don't know who to vote for," one older female voter told The Yorkshire Post in Wakefield city centre this week. "Everyone I've spoken to doesn't know what to do. Does anyone want the Conservatives or do they just not want Labour?"
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