I'm fully expecting that my old friend
Andy Burnham will be elected probably by
a very big majority as the mayor of
Greater Manchester today and I hope so
and I hope if I'm elected as the Member
of Parliament for the Manchester Gorton
constituency that my first visit my
first official meeting will be with him
and if that happens
I'll be asking him some very pointed
questions how come when half the members
of the highways Committee in the
Manchester City Council are councilors
from this constituency that we have the
worst roads in Manchester how come in
this wonderful great City the second
city of the fifth richest country in the
world so many of our children so many of
our families are officially living in
poverty I'll be asking him how come it's
so difficult to collect rubbish and
refuge in many parts of this
constituency why are the bins spilling
everywhere with the obvious consequence
of infestations Of Mice And even rats
these are the local questions I'll be
discussing with him but I'll be talking
bigger questions too the big questions
of Economic Development I like and
Burnham I think he'll be a great mayor I
hope I get the chance to work with him
as the Member of Parliament for
Manchester