At last night’s Congestion Charge Debate – ably hosted by Manchester Junior Chamber of Commerce - the message from Sir Richard Leese was clear and unequivocal: “agree with me or get nowt”. It’s a depressing way to conduct political debate but also entirely inkeeping with the way in which the Labour Party do business in Greater Manchester – Salford’s Labour administration tried exactly the same sort of blackmail throughout the Building Schools for the Future consultation, making it clear to the RC Diocese that unless they agreed to close St George’s High School then Salford would lose all the BSF PFI credits.
I therefore wasn’t at all surprised to read the allegations made by Terry Christian about BBC Manchester “going soft” on representatives from Manchester City Council for fear of them taking their ball home. If true, this doesn’t say much about the editorial policy at BBC Manchester but it is even more damning about Manchester Labour. It is entirely within the modus operandi of the Labour Party locally to say “my way or the highway”. That is how they are trying to push for a “yes” vote in the TIF referendum. That is how they tried to push through the closure of St George’s.
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