although often it is minority controlled rather than coalitions. it is a difficult fixture to understand standing back but it means that control and who has the power to shape those services will very much be up for grabs. in a complicated voting system with a complex party system as well, remember, you have notjust got the snp, labour, the liberal democrats and the conservatives, you have also got the scottish greens who are a force in scotland both in local government and in the council elections in the scottish parliament, the scottish government as well, where they are part of the coalition that runs in scotland. let s look first at what the local election challenges are with the bbc scotland correspondence james shaw. one of the big questions ahead of polling day on the 5th of may is whether local issues will be decisive for voters or things like