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I'm fully expecting that my old friend

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Andy Burnham will be elected probably by

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a very big majority as the mayor of

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Greater Manchester today and I hope so

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and I hope if I'm elected as the Member

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of Parliament for the Manchester Gorton

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constituency that my first visit my

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first official meeting will be with him

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and if that happens

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I'll be asking him some very pointed

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questions how come when half the members

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of the highways Committee in the

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Manchester City Council are councilors

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from this constituency that we have the

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worst roads in Manchester how come in

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this wonderful great City the second

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city of the fifth richest country in the

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world so many of our children so many of

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our families are officially living in

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poverty I'll be asking him how come it's

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so difficult to collect rubbish and

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refuge in many parts of this

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constituency why are the bins spilling

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everywhere with the obvious consequence

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of infestations Of Mice And even rats

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these are the local questions I'll be

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discussing with him but I'll be talking

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bigger questions too the big questions

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of Economic Development I like and

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Burnham I think he'll be a great mayor I

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hope I get the chance to work with him

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as the Member of Parliament for

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Manchester