Interesting to listen to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg trying to spin the results yesterday - he talked about the Conservatives making no progress in (I paraphrase, I’ve been trying to find the video and haven’t yet succeeded) the “big important northern cities”.
Clearly the Liberal Democrat leadership do not feel that Salford, where we gained 3 seats and polled as many votes as Labour across the City, is an important northern City. Presumably the Liberal Democrats are happy to talk down to other northern Cities like Wakefield (7 Conservative gains) and Sunderland (5 Conservative gains).
The Salford Liberal Democrats had a decent night on Thursday, gaining 2 seats from Labour and holding on to the 2 wards they were defending, so it must be a real kick in the teeth to hear how dismissive their Party Leader is about the City in which we all live.
Hi
Ian
Cant speak for the big boss,but yes you had a great night. I was more pleased to see out results in salford due to the fact we have to fight hard for our gains. We lack the same levels of national profile and of course money. But i feel excited that there majority is being cut back. Together i feel we are gaining a level of real opposition I would have loved to be a Fly on Johns wall the next day. I am sorry there are no elections next year. But by 2010 i think we will have more shocks for them. I wonder if Bill Hinds will be back in charge by then?
joe