In the weeks leading up to the Congestion Charge referendum, Salford Conservatives distributed thousands of newsletters explaining what we thought of the Congestion Charge and TIF bid, and urging local residents to vote no when they received their ballot papers. I would have liked to have delivered many more but late November and early December are far from ideal for campaigning. I know that Conservative colleagues in neighbouring boroughs like Wigan and Trafford were engaged in a similar exercise.
Salford Labour and Labour-controlled Salford City Council were supportive of the TIF bid, so where were the Labour leaflets urging local residents to vote in favour? If Labour thought this bid was so good for Salford, why did they not get their hands dirty and get out on the doorsteps to argue for a yes vote rather than stay in the ivory towers of the Civic Centre?
The TIF bid was a bad deal for Salford and I am delighted that it has been rejected by such a decisive margin. I would imagine that the Yes campaign are desperately disappointed that their Labour colleagues have shown such political cowardice in the face of a difficult vote. Over the coming months I will waste no time reminding local residents that this was a Labour plan, because the Salford Labour Party haven’t had the guts to actually go out and tell people that themselves.
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