yesterday my labor opponent brought Sir
Richard lease the leader of Manchester
City Council to the Gorton constituency
so as to ensure that Gorton gets its
fair share of the 100 million going to
be spent on Manchester's roads my
question is why did he have to do that
why has Gorton been left behind with a
labor MP for 40 7 years where all the
counselors are labor and where 95 out of
96 counselors on the city council are
labor why has such a labor area been
allowed to be neglected for so long
anyone who drives around here knows the
state of the place the people are very
angry Care Homes shutting down post
offices shutting down the schools the
hospitals under pressure and of course
half of all the children living
officially in child poverty and
74% three in four of the families in
this area officially classed as lowi
income families whichever way you look
at it Gorton has been taken for granted
has been left behind if I'm the MP I
promise you they'll be running to make
it up