Cllr Iain Lindley – Prospective Conservative MP for Worsley & Eccles South
Just a quick reminder that it is now easier than ever to get involved with the Conservative campaign in Worsley & Eccles South constituency – just visit our campaign page on myconservatives.com and apply to join the team!
Local residents across Salford have been let down and taken for granted by their Labour Council and Labour Government – it’s time for a real change.
Do get involved and be part of the change that local people need!
Just a quick note to say that my campaign now has a gallery on Flickr. Early days yet but in time you’ll see a comprehensive gallery of photographs showing how your local Conservative team are working hard for local people across the Worsley & Eccles South constituency – and indeed across the whole of Salford.
I’ve been sent a list of Remembrance Sunday parades across Salford, which I thought I’d share for anyone who wishes to attend.
Salford Cenotaph – Assembly is 10.30am at Albion Place, The Crescent. Service commences at 10.45am. Please remember that the Crescent will be closed from 10.00 am.
Swinton Cenotaph – Service commences at 10.50am at the Cenotaph next to the sunken gardens, Chorley Road.
Eccles – Assembly is 10.30am at Taylors Club, Barton Lane, Eccles. Service commences at 10.45am at the Cenotaph on Church Street.
Walkden and Worsley – Assembly is 9.30am at the Royal British Legion HQ, Wilfred Road, Walkden. Service in St. Paul’s Church, Manchester Road at 10.00am followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Parr Fold Park at 11.00am.
Irlam and Cadishead – Assembly is 10.30am at The Royal Arms British Legion, Liverpool Road, Cadishead. Wreath laying is at the Cenotaph, Princes Park, Irlam at 10.55am.
Little Hulton – Service and wreath laying at St. Paul’s Peel Church, Manchester Road West, Little Hulton. At Cenotaph 10.45am, wreath laying at 11.00am and service at 11.15am.
One of the joys of being a Parliamentary Candidate is the inordinate amount of unsolicited mail from lobbyists and companies writing the same e-mails to every single candidate from every single party. Nevertheless they sometimes provide an amusing break from the monotony. Today’s spam e-mail begins…
Dear Iain Lindley,
We at [company name] would like to offer our congratulations to you on your campaign in Woking so far.
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I haven’t yet received this week’s Advertiser, but a resident rang me up yesterday to complain that Hazel Blears has been given a monthly column. I will refrain from commenting on the column itself until I’ve actually read it, but on the principle of her submitting a piece every month, I would like to comment briefly.
Hazel Blears has been MP for Salford now for over 12 years. She, and the Labour Party, have taken Salford residents for granted for all of that time.
After 12 years of silence and complacency, local residents will rightly question Hazel’s motives for suddenly showing an interest in writing a column now, just 6 months before a competitive General Election.
Well, I made it home for Question Time, but before that I’ve had a lovely evening at the Friends of Roe Green quiz night, which was really well attended by local residents. Unfortunately “team Tory” (myself and the three ward Councillors Karen Garrido, Graham Compton and Ian MacDonald) weren’t quite able to pick up the crown and win, but it was a really enjoyable evening nonetheless!
You can find out more about the Friends of Roe Green by visiting their website.
David Ottewell has an extremely interesting post on our life-expectancy rates and the difference between the north and the south. He has produced a useful bar chart showing (on one hand) Salford and Manchester and (on the other) Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster who are at the top of the chart. I hope he won’t object to me reprinting his handiwork here:
One can’t help but noticing that the lines begin to diverge much more sharply after 1997…
I’ve been working for a while on a Google map so that local residents can see what I’ve been up to in their area. It’s far from the finished article but I think there’s enough on there to go live now…
The Council has secured funding to create or improve 11 new play spaces for children aged 8-13 across the City of Salford, and they are asking local people about the sort of facilities that they’d like, and where they’d like to put them.
You can respond to the consultation on the Council website - if you’d like further information, contact contact Barry Glasspell, Salford’s Play and Out of School Activities Co-ordinator on 0161 778 0313.
There are a number of events across the City during the consultation – visit the website link above to find out when they are coming to your area!
Conservative Party News
Communications Allowance To Be Scrapped?
Our Labour Government has a dreadful record when it comes to undermining democracy, and the £10000 per annum “Communications Allowance” for MPs is one of the most glaring examples of that.
The Communications Allowance is an appalling rule which allows each MP to spend £10000 of taxpayers’ money each year on newsletters and leaflets promoting themselves. It is a propaganda fund introduced by this Labour Government with the sole aim of ensuring that Labour MPs have a better chance of saving their seats – and doing it with your money.
David Cameron has already pledged that a Conservative Government would abolish the Communications Allowance and on a personal level, I’ve pledged that if elected as the next MP for Worsley & Eccles South I would make no use of the allowance. There is no justification for such misuse of taxpayers’ hard-earned cash.
I’m really pleased to hear, then, that the Kelly report is likely to recommend that the Communications Allowance be abolished. Good news. One can only hope that Labour MPs do not take the opportunity to rush out with a new taxpayer-funded newsletter before the allowance is scrapped for good. Local residents would, I’m sure, take a very dim view of such propaganda on the rates.