On Thursday 4th June, local residents across Salford will go to the polls for the European elections. If you’re voting by post, you may well have already received your postal ballot paper, or will do over the next day or two.
Local people have a real chance in these elections to show that they want change. We have a Labour Council, a Labour Government, and Labour MEPs who have all let our local area down.
By voting Conservative on 4th June you can:
- Send a clear message to Gordon Brown that he needs to change his mind and give us the referendum on the EU Constitution that he promised and then failed to deliver.
- Vote for change - if you’re sick of Gordon Brown’s hopeless Government and Labour’s debt crisis, this is your chance to show it.
- Support the Conservative vision for change - our plans to improve the NHS, for better school discipline, and to free our police from bureaucracy so they can get out and fight crime.
We have a strong team of Conservative MEPs and candidates who have shown a strong interest in standing up for the interests of local people in Worsley, Eccles, Irlam & Cadishead and Salford. Indeed only last week Cllr Alex Williams joined our team in Walkden to knock on doors and listen to the concerns of local residents. Unlike Labour and the Liberal Democrats who vote against the British interest, and unlike UKIP whose Brussels grouping has descended into a disorganised rabble, our Conservative team will always stand up for the North West and for Salford.
It’s time for change - vote Conservative on Thursday 4th June.
Cllr Iain Lindley, Prospective Conservative MP for Worsley & Eccles South, has slammed Labour’s plans to use Greater Manchester as a guinea-pig for their ID Card scheme.
Cllr Lindley said: “Local residents in Salford are feeling the financial pinch and the last thing they need is to fork out a further £60 on an ID card. Nationally, in these times of economic difficulty and with debt spiralling to record levels, the £5bn cost of ID cards is money we simply cannot afford to spend.
I’m delighted that Chris Grayling, Shadow Home Secretary, has renewed the Conservative commitment to abolishing Labour’s unwanted, expensive farce of an ID Card scheme, whilst bringing in effective measures like a national border police force to keep the country safe.”
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: “The Government is split down the middle on ID cards but it looks as if Jacqui Smith is carrying on regardless. Piloting the scheme in one city is nonsensical and will only serve as a tax on the people of Greater Manchester. They should abandon this farce and scrap the whole scheme.”
Local campaigner Chris Bates has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the upcoming by-election in Irwell Riverside ward, caused by the sad death of former Mayor Cllr Jimmy Hulmes.
For many years the local community has been let down and taken for granted by the Labour Council. In Salford, Labour do not listen to local residents.
Local residents in Blackfriars, Charlestown, Duchy and Trinity Riverside have a clear choice between Gordon Brown’s Labour candidate and hard-working local Conservative campaigner Chris Bates.
Chris’s priorites for local residents in Irwell Riverside ward are:
- Lower Council Tax and value-for-money for local residents - Labour and the LibDems both voted for higher Council Tax
- Tough action on anti-social behaviour and crime - more police on the beat in our local area
- Investment in our long-neglected roads and pavements and tough action to end the blight of littering and fly-tipping
- Opposition to Labour’s decision to relocate the Youth Offending Service to a residential area
- Renovation not demolition where possible - Labour have ripped the heart out of many local communities
Chris will be a voice for local people on the Council, not the Council’s mouthpiece in the local area. It’s time for change - vote Conservative in Irwell Riverside on Thursday 21st May!
