For a brief period in the mid-nineties - before my time alas - the Labour Party tried and managed to pass itself off as a Party that believed in aspiration, a Party that believed in fulfilling our potential as individuals, as communities and as a country. It’s been slipping for a long time, but as the power and popularity drains away from our failed Labour Government the mask has well and truly come off.
The Timpson family built their company from one small shoe shop not far from here in north Manchester. They are a true northern success story - a company and a family that should be held up as a shining example. Instead, the Labour Party denigrate that success as they desperately flail around as their electoral air begins to run out.
A few years ago I worked two summers at Salford Young People’s University, and it was a real privilege to play a small part in opening up the eyes of some of those children who attended that summer school to the potential that they had and the heights that they could achieve.
It’s a real contrast between that and the way in which many (although not all) of our local Labour politicians in Salford talk down to, patronise and take for granted local residents and communities who have placed their trust in Labour. The Labour campaign in Crewe & Nantwich has sunk far lower than I could ever have imagined. I hope they learn a very severe lesson on Thursday 22nd May.
Success Should Be Encouraged
I spent a sunny Sunday today in Crewe & Nantwich, where I continue to both amazed and appalled by the contemptible content of the Labour Party literature - even the Labour grassroots think it is “disgusting”!
For a brief period in the mid-nineties - before my time alas - the Labour Party tried and managed to pass itself off as a Party that believed in aspiration, a Party that believed in fulfilling our potential as individuals, as communities and as a country. It’s been slipping for a long time, but as the power and popularity drains away from our failed Labour Government the mask has well and truly come off.
The Timpson family built their company from one small shoe shop not far from here in north Manchester. They are a true northern success story - a company and a family that should be held up as a shining example. Instead, the Labour Party denigrate that success as they desperately flail around as their electoral air begins to run out.
A few years ago I worked two summers at Salford Young People’s University, and it was a real privilege to play a small part in opening up the eyes of some of those children who attended that summer school to the potential that they had and the heights that they could achieve.
It’s a real contrast between that and the way in which many (although not all) of our local Labour politicians in Salford talk down to, patronise and take for granted local residents and communities who have placed their trust in Labour. The Labour campaign in Crewe & Nantwich has sunk far lower than I could ever have imagined. I hope they learn a very severe lesson on Thursday 22nd May.