Tomorrow, local residents in Walkden South and across Salford have the opportunity to send a message to a Labour Party that has failed them and let them down both on a local and national level.
The maternity services at Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital are closing down and our Labour Councillors stand idly by. Our Council Tax has risen by 79% over the past decade, but our local services have not improved – our bins are not emptied efficiently, our roads and pavements are neglected, and now Labour want to charge us £7.50 a day (nearly £2000 per annum!) just to drive into work or visit friends and family.
Unlike Labour, Conservative Councillors listen to the concerns of local residents and stand up for the views of the local community.
In Walkden South, it’s time to complete a strong Conservative team by electing Nicky Turner as your third hard-working Conservative Councillor.
In Salford as a whole, it’s time for a change – time to vote out Labour Councillors who do not listen and elect Conservative Councillors who will take note of the issues raised by local residents.
Conservatives can and are winning across Salford. Your vote on Thursday is important – please use it wisely by voting Conservative.
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Our Council Leader thinks that the individual Police Officers should be kept out of party political literature in case they are “compromised”, but sadly it appears that the message hasn’t got through to his own Councillors yet:
We know what to expect from the Labour Party in Government and at a local level. They dither and they find every opportunity to hide away from the views of local people.
Last year, the Labour Government announced their decision to close the maternity and neo-natal units at Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital over the August Bank Holiday weekend. They held a “consultation” over the closure of St George’s High School months ago, and the results of the “consultation” have still not been published.
Now here’s a surprise – the decision on the TIF bid will be available just after the local elections. Our local and national Labour politicians are too cowardly to risk announcing the decision before Greater Manchester goes to the polls, so they bury it until two weeks after the elections – with a full two years before the next chance residents have to vote for their Councillors. It’s a disgrace and Salford residents should use the opportunity to tell our Labour politicians – who are incapable of listening otherwise – exactly what they think by voting them out next Thursday.
Also coming up just after the elections (a complete coincidence, I’m sure) is the announcement on whether any local Post Offices in Salford will have to close. Look out for a Post Office near you.
Some more well-deserved publicity for St George’s RC High School this week – see the Advertiser report and Channel M. What I don’t understand is why the Labour Councillors were so reticent to meet with Justice4Georges. I understand that Council employees need to be careful during an election period, but the Council Cabinet have no such restrictions.
It is a real shame that neither Cllr Merry nor Cllr Warmisham have at any point during the BSF process had the courage to stand up and talk to parents, staff and pupils at St George’s. They will not visit the school, they ducked every single consultation event and now they won’t even step outside the Town Hall to talk. Not good enough.
…but I haven’t run out of leaflets to deliver yet.
David Cameron’s interview with Ailsa Cranna from the Advertiser is now online.
You may have to navigate through one or two Smiths puns though!
It’s been a busy day. As well as campaigning this afternoon and a tennis match this evening (first match of the season, I’m a little achey now!) we’ve had two important visitors.
This morning we were delighted to welcome Jeremy Hunt MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, to Salford to look at the MediaCity:UK site on Salford Quays. It was an excellent and informative visit to a groundbreaking development. It is extremely exciting to see it all take shape.
Late this afternoon it was fantastic to welcome David Cameron back to Salford for what I believe is actually his fourth visit this year. David was on great form and discussed local issues with our candidates and Councillors from across the City. I know I speak for all my colleagues when I say we are delighted at the support that David has shown to the Conservative Party in Salford and to local residents in Salford as a whole.
I was delighted to welcome North-West Conservative MEP Sir Robert Atkins and Lady Atkins to Walkden today to meet with local residents and support our candidate in Walkden South Nicky Turner.
We received an excellent response from local residents and I am very grateful to Sir Robert and Lady Atkins for agreeing to visit us.
One of our candidates has been attacked while out campaigning, although being a Conservative candidate appears to be incidental to the attack. Fortunately the candidate in question is shaken but not hurt, but I am absolutely furious and I hope that the police catch the culprits quickly.
It is very sad that there are parts of our City where we cannot walk down residential streets free from the fear of being set upon.
In The Spectator
His article makes for an interesting read – you can view it in full on the Spectator website.