The Labour Party

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Labour is of course the home for lost causes and while there may be merit in some of those causes sadly some of them are hugely damaging to this country. Labour locally has overseen a continuous decline in my home town of Radcliffe which has seen it lose its banks, businesses and community assets. We are just about to begin getting a new secondary school after ten years of campaigning. Labour claimed the new school as all their own work. It wasn’t. Andy Burnham’s housing plans include putting 3,500 new homes on prime greenbelt at Elton Reservoir. Who will they blame for this? The Tories housing targets of course. They would wouldn’t they. I used to vote Labour and would probably consider voting for them nationally in the future (but not locally ever again). I simply cannot at the present time support the current shambles of a party

Me neither outwood, and I never in my lifetime did I think I would say that.

If it's any consolation, ever since the Tories swept into power in Bolton two years ago they have managed to outstrip the previous Labour Council in mediocrity.

Come visit Bolton and see a real life "Ghost Town" in action. Admission is free and still we have no takers.