Political decentralisation... the next step after Brexit mess?

With the Local Elections around the corner eyes are drawn away from Brexit for a moment. These local elections are being earmarked as a barometer for how the electorate are responding to the fiasco in downtown Westminster at the moment. Except... as soon as the Brexit extension was agreed, the place was vacated; Easter holidays! Local elections have typically had a much lower turnout than General Elections. Seemingly less significant somehow and yet... it is the people on the ground locally who act as councillors that have the illusion of power in our own communities. But ... maybe times are changing? With central politics in real chaos, the party system failing miserably, what we are maybe witnessing is the collapse of a dinosaur... a prehistoric animal fighting for life as its world begins to disintegrate around it. The basics of the government world still persist as virtual armies of civil servants continue to keep the wheels turning, whilst the self serving (not all)