Wigan independent Councillor jumps ship to Labour

Apparently panicked by the local elections results in May,  ex-independent councillor of Hindley Green ward,  Frank Carmichael has jumped ship from the independents and joined Wigan Labour.

Frank Carmichael, your Independent/Labour/Tory/Liberal voice in Hindley Green.

UKIP thinks he should have stood down and stood for re-election in May like other councillors. This would have cost nothing and allowed the voters to have a say. If residents of Hindley Green had wanted a Labour councillor they would have voted for one.

His public announcement of his defection to Labour, days after the elections is seen as many as a cynical ploy to retain his seat next year.

Lets hope Frank behaves himself,  otherwise we know what happens to errant Wigan Labour councillors...
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Labour - party of the working class? we don't think so..

About half of Labour's candidates selected to fight in marginal seats at the next election have links to Westminster as former special advisers, party workers, researchers, lobbyists or MPs, research by the Guardian reveals.

Why people voted UKIP in Wigan - BBC radio one

BBC Radio One Newsbeat 27th May 2014

Thank you for supporting UKIP

A big thank you to everyone in Wigan who voted for and supported UKIP in the local and European elections.

Clearly people want change in the UK and the election results show that even in Wigan, the Labour establishment is not as safe as it likes to think.

UKIP Leaflets so good they are copied by Wigan Labour party

Good old Wigan Labour party, void of any policies they have even had to start copying our leaflet designs!

Apparently - according to Wigan Labour party , we going to cut women's pay by 50%,  close Wigan A & E, let energy companies charge whatever they want, have a referendum of 1/2 million people for each and every housing application, plenty of zero contract hours and cut all holiday pay, sick pay and redundancy pay.

This complete invention of what UKIP in Wigan stands for is so utterly implausible nobody is going to believe it.

However according to point 8 of their leaflet we are gun dottin drug dealin Gangsta's so what do we know.

Wigan Labour - get a grip!

3 days before election, Wigan Labour leader announces £800k in interest free loans to his ward residents

Blog readers may recall that shortly before nominations opened for the local election, Labour run Wigan council said that it was providing £400,000 in interest free loans to residents living in Labour Council leader Lord Smith's ward.

The interest free loans can be used to improve the energy efficiency of properties, such as wall installation, new combi boilers, double glazing, doors and loft insulation. These Wigan Council interest free loans are not open to any other residents outside of Lord Smith’s ward,  regardless of the age, condition of the property or the financial situation of the resident.

Read the full story here.

Lord Smith announced yesterday on twitter, 3 days before local and euro elections take place, that the scheme is now £800,000, which is double the orginal declared £400,000 amount.

We have asked Lord Smith why the scheme only provides interest free loans in his ward and not to other houses in Wigan in the same condition.....

He has failed to respond.

Labour MP urges leader to win back Ukip voters and warns 'mantra of misery' is electoral suicide

Ed Miliband urged to debate Nigel Farage by Labour MP reports the telegraph