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NEW SALFORD ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENTS TO STAND ON HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IN LOCAL ELECTION
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Star date: 25th March 2019 ALLIANCE TO STAND ON COMMUNITY, HONESTY, STRENGTH AND TRANSPARENCY In Salford, a new Alliance of Independents has launched in time for this year's May local election, standing on the virtues of 'Community, Honesty, Strength and Transparency'. As well as two CORE Independent candidates in Irlam and Cadishead, the Alliance also includes Councillor Paul Wilson, who resigned from the Salford Labour Party last month and says that he wants "an end to the patronage that silences councillors from truly representing their communities". Even local election Green Party candidate, Bryan Blears agrees: "I would urge anybody who cares about Salford to get out and get involved in local politics, because we desperately need things to change" he says. Full details here...
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'Community, Honesty, Strength and Transparency' are the virtues that a new Salford Alliance of Independents states it will be championing at the forthcoming local election in May. The Alliance was founded by Dave Pike and Darren Goulden of CORE, which ran the Labour Party close in Irlam and Cadishead at last year's election, together with Councillor Paul Wilson, who resigned from the Salford Labour Party last month citing "fake socialists", "bullying", "factions and patronage", "vanity projects" and a "morally corrupt party"...* "It's become obvious to many that the old style political system is failing Salford" say Dave Pike and Darren Goulden "...We want to create a place to live that has core values at its centre, encourages individuality and gives people the freedom to be a part of a democratic society where free thinking is encouraged and embraced. "Community, Honesty, Strength and Transparency are what should set Salford aside" they add, explaining that the Alliance is a network of people "who only want what is best for Salford. We will be guided by the people, for the people. Working together to ensure our core policies are created as a fundamental guide for everyone to follow...An entirely new way of doing things." The Alliance is following in the footsteps of independent groups like Farnworth and Kearsley First in Bolton and various new opposition groupings in Wigan that have had candidates elected recently. Labour Party Councillor Stephen Ord, who has withdrawn from standing in Irwell Riverside again this May, together with Councillor Paul Wilson, also slammed the current leadership of the Salford Labour Party at last week's Council Meeting, accusing them of being "vile bullies" and a "Mafia"**, although he is not joining the Alliance, as far as the Star knows. "The people of Salford want a change from party politics and an end to the patronage that silences councillors from truly representing their communities" Councillor Paul Wilson told the Salford Star today "We need to make it appealing to vote again. I believe Salford residents want transparency and honesty." Paul Wilson will be standing as an Independent candidate in his current seat of Weaste, and Dave Pike and Darren Goulden state that more announcements of further candidates will follow shortly... "We're hopeful that with this announcement and the political turmoil both locally and nationally more individuals will come forward" they explain "After discussions between us and Paul Wilson it became clear we all had the same core values and we agreed unanimously that we would be stronger working in alliance with each other. We see this as a huge springboard for the all outs next year and envisage a very different looking Council in May 2020..." Meanwhile, while not joining the Alliance, Green Party local election and General Election candidate, Bryan Blears, agrees with the new coalition's sentiments... "There hasn't been a proper opposition in Salford for years and people have been let down as a result" he told the Salford Star earlier "Our Labour-led Council has been too willing to sit back and blame 'Tory cuts' for all of the problems in our city. But simply blaming the cuts is not good enough. People in Salford are fed up of excuses, they want solutions. "In the past few months I have met with various groups in and around Salford and it is incredible how many people are crying out for political change" he added "I think that this year is going to be a big wake-up call for some of the people currently in charge. In particular, the way that this Council has allowed private developers to run roughshod over our Green Belt land is deeply concerning for people concerned with the future of our city. "I would urge anybody who cares about Salford to get out and get involved in local politics, because we desperately need things to change" he concluded.
For a background see previous Salford Star articles... *Salford Labour Councillor resigns From 'Morally Corrupt' Party – click here **Salford Councillor Alleges 'Local Government Scandal of the Decade' – click here
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Gina wrote
at 16:03:44 on 02 May 2019 |
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| Hi, I'm really struggling to find out information about candidates, besides the one leaflet that was pushed through my door by labour candidate.
Is there anything online people have found? I can't find anything on the Salford Council website besides the names of people. Thanks. |
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Bob the regular wrote
at 07:32:55 on 01 April 2019 |
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| Rossi mentions the"tree lined streets of Trafford". Well, if you go to Trafford general hospital, and for some reason, you don't like the free car parks there, you can park your car in the tree lined streets nearby, without fear of over zealous wardens giving you a ticket. Thats because you are allowed to park in the streets nearby. Contrast that with Hope hospital, where the caring Salford council own the car park and police it and the surrounding streets with gestapo like efficiancy. |
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Marc wrote
at 07:31:57 on 01 April 2019 |
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| Rossi you are very much an idiotic numpty! Your brother had a job in the 80s and 90s, well I worked for Trafford council when it was Tory run, at a high level, and let me tell you this, money was squandered, totally and absolutely squandered. Not by councillors, but by those who have the power, the people like me, the officers that actually run the council. I had no political affiliation so couldn’t have cared less who ran it, all I know is, I was in a huge salary for doing very little, as were lots of us working in the town hall. A fortune was spent in sick pay, with people coming back when they were going on half pay, only to go back off sick the minute their full sick pay entitlement resumed. This was nothing to do with political parties this was the people who work for the councils enjoying a very good ride. You slag off labour but actually you are part of the problem, someone who thinks he’s entitled when I bet you haven’t put anything into the system. If you want the streets cleaned have you tried going out and organising a litter pick in your community??? I have, and do, do my streets are always clean so that when the council do come round there’s not much to do apart from when the entitled dross drive over and dump bags of waste, so that my council tax has to be spent clearing it up. Instead of arse licking Mary Ferrer, and slagging labour, who let’s face it aren’t going to lose sleep over you, get off your arse and do something about the lack of street cleaning by doing it your bloody self! |
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Rossi wrote
at 20:48:41 on 31 March 2019 |
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| people in Salford don't vote, Ray. That's why Labour always get in. My brother was a park keeper for Trafford council back in the 80s and 90s. He used to say things like the thing about Conservative councils is that the streets are always clean, and often tree lined. Now compare that with Salford. What are we actually paying council tax for? The fact is Labour councils are never any Good, and Salford is one of the very worst. |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 07:51:55 on 31 March 2019 |
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| So basically,Rossi,by blaiming the Salford Electorate yoù are admitting that you don't have a leg to stand on!
Why then continue with this masquerade of fake outrage? Something tò occupy the waking hours? |
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Marc wrote
at 01:28:43 on 30 March 2019 |
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| As I see it, when anyone votes Labour, the dozen or so people that actually contribute to this site (I think it’s less as some of them post under different aliases), say they are lazy or sheep or thick or they will vote for a monkey if they put a red rose on it etc etc etc, when in actual fact the VAST majority vote labour because they are the best party to support the city. I have to agree that lots of the posters on here are very right wing, Xenophobic and some actually racist. I’m all for some genuine opposition, but sadly I don’t see much more than self serving, self righteous people putting themselves forward in a lot of cases, not all, but a lot. The star is not representative of the views of most of Salford and I know this through the community work I do (non political).
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Retired Socialist wrote
at 01:27:23 on 30 March 2019 |
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| Ray it must be hard when every thing you write faces ridicule, Mary and Joe have a public record easily checked and you? sorry I forgot your more interested in spewing out bile. Labours councillors are dropping like fly's shouting out loud and clear the reality of the inner workings of your beloved party and still you fight the good fight and swear allegiance to the flag. Labour take seats because they have a machine stuffed with Salford Tax payers cash yes pricks like you. Carry on writing I am sure Steve loves it to add a little spice to the site but mate people are getting F-cked off with the crap you continue to sprout. Get a life, Get Drunk Screw around get a bloody life |
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Rossi wrote
at 01:26:34 on 30 March 2019 |
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| Ray of sunshine, because in Salford almost nobody can be bothered to vote. Labour get in on about fifteen percent of the electoral vote. |
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Baz Barry wrote
at 15:21:23 on 29 March 2019 |
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| Mary Ferrer gets my vote .
Mary cares about this city .
Labour and Tories never care . |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 15:20:50 on 29 March 2019 |
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| Retired Reactionary Git,I object to Mary Ferrer and Joe O'Neil because of their dishonesty - they claim to have the interests of ordinary Salfordians at heart but actually their real objective is sowing division and cynicism!
Pompous bore,Joe O'Neil,uses his vile blog site to
spew racist poison into the blogosphere. O'Neil resigned from the Liberal Democrats because he thought that by stigmatising migrants he could save his rotten political career!
If things are so bad as Mary and Joe suggest,why is it that year,may decade after decade,Ĺabour is returned with an overwhelming number of council seats? |
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Rossi wrote
at 20:56:45 on 28 March 2019 |
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| Ray, why do your comments go from the barely literate. I.e your latest profanity laced inarticulate rant against me, to a fairly literate comment where you bang on about wanting to know what CORE's policies are on this that and the other. What gives Ray, are you part of a socialist collective of commenters? A couple of you typing out your deranged rantings, some of you less insane and more articulate than the others. I only say this because some of your comments are barely literate and hard to read, yet others are literate and okay to read.
P.s. Keep up the good work Mary. |
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Bob the regular wrote
at 20:56:11 on 28 March 2019 |
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| Our Ray with his usual rubbish. I know nothing about Eccles but we all know a bit about Worsley. There is no way you can describe the Garidos and the rest of them as as an unrepresentative clique that is poorly represented and lacks electoral support. These people are well supported in these areas ,and fully represent the interests of their electorat. Whatever you may think of them, they look after the people that vote for them far better than any labour councilor does for their people. |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 10:20:10 on 28 March 2019 |
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| Calls for the introduction of proportional
representation or suggestions that certain areas of Salford,such as Eccles or Worsley,should have special political status,should be seen for what they are - special pleading by unrepresentative cliques who have singularly failed to attract electoral support!
Proportional Representation is well known for breaking the link between the electorate and the parties who exercise political power.
Can anyone really see Eccles or Worsley breaking away from Salford? Despite the fantasies of the irreconcilables,Eccles and Swinton are never going to be in Leafy Cheshire! |
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Retired Socialist wrote
at 06:13:38 on 28 March 2019 |
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| Pray tell us Ray of Bullshit what do you feel Oneill and Ferrers True Politics are? i am sure thy are waiting to hear. |
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Darren Hayward wrote
at 06:11:45 on 28 March 2019 |
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| Salford Voted Leave in the Brexit Referendum even though the 2 MPs Rebecca Long Bailey and Barbara Keeley supported Remain and in the GM Devolution that was forced on to the people of Salford and the other parts of Greater Manchester outside Manchester City Council without the people getting a yes or no vote in a referendum the real winners who will benefit is Manchester City Council and we have to pay a council tax precept to pay for the Mayor Of GM |
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wrote
at 10:11:07 on 27 March 2019 |
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| Not only is it time for more independents it's time for proportional representation . Certainly at local level . British politics is a mess from top to bottom and it's a mess because less and less capable people want to get involved and less and less people are exercising their right to vote as a result. And the stagnation starts at the bottom in most metropolitan areas . Labour have run Salford ever since its creation in the '70's and that rule has never looked liked being genuinely challenged. 45 years of the same crowd!!! Unbelievable .The secrets they must have!!! No wonder apathy always wins. First past the post creates an artificial hegemony that doesn't reflect large sections of local opinion. So people don't get involved and then we get incompetents and half wits rising to the top of our local and national parties.But the reboot needs to start at grassroots.We need PR locally or an element of democratic decision making needs to be restored to the townships that constitute Salford. |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 10:10:51 on 27 March 2019 |
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| Rossi,you feckless tw*t,shouldn't you be preparing for a Restart Intervieew? I'd like to know what are the CORE Policies in relation to affordable housing,knife crime,economic regeneration and rising
inequality? I very much fear that CORE is a front for fuc*fed-up UKIP - shouldn't individuals such as Mary Ferrer and Joe O'Neil,be honest with the electorate and openly declare their true political affiliations? |
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Rossi wrote
at 10:10:29 on 27 March 2019 |
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| Okay Mary, You're a good woman. What were you before you got into politics, a social worker? |
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mary ferrer wrote
at 06:40:29 on 27 March 2019 |
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| Think I like giving the poor soul something to do in his sad life.If having a bop at me helps to make his day,then who am i to stop him. |
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Rossi wrote
at 18:08:54 on 26 March 2019 |
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| Are you living in Meadowbrook, Sunshine? You can't really be such a slavish arselicking Labour supporter that you're oblivious to how crap this council is. It just isn't possible. Personally I think that you're simply a troll who gets his jollies from winding up Mary and Joe. I just with that Mary had the sense to stop letting herself be baited by you. I feel that she's a sincere person who has tried her best. With a bit of luck she will stop giving you the time of day on here, and thus spare the rest of us from your barely literate Salford Labour party toadying. |
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Abby wrote
at 16:35:23 on 26 March 2019 |
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| I have never been a Labour voter, but having recently emailed my local candidate to ask what they planned to do about Barbara Keeley voting for an extension to Brexit and therefore making it clear she is a remainer, going again the local leave vote, I have had no reply. Think this speaks volumes.
As well as this Salford people just do not learn, and if they vote Labour they will continue to reap what that sows. |
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Mary Ferrer wrote
at 16:35:09 on 26 March 2019 |
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| Sunshine, what do you want, Labour to carrying on as they are. The Tories only come to life when it's in their patch. Two Labour councillors have walked away. Bullying, shady planning deals.being 2 of a list of reasons.we need a strong opposition within the Council and groups like CORE are the only way forward. New blood, new broom and a voice for the people of Salford |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 14:16:29 on 26 March 2019 |
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| The main problem facing the electorate is that in Salford there are a number of unprincipled opportunists peddling pseudo politics! What unites this rabble is naked careerism and rabid Anti-Socialism!
How,for example,would CORE Councillors resist Tory
Austerity? |
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Martin Renshaw wrote
at 14:16:09 on 26 March 2019 |
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| Hi I’m never voting for Labour in Salford ever again they are so corrupt, I recently had a planning application application by Forviva which impacts me immensely my objections were completely ignored and now I’m going to have 12 x 2 bedroom flats for homeless people overlooking my back garden. These flats are going to be a rehabilitation centre but what about me I bought my house but have no rights I’m fighting cancer but they don’t give a shit about me and my family |
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Kenny wrote
at 14:15:40 on 26 March 2019 |
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| As long as the same people run Salford year after year Salford will never get any better only worst. Salford people are like sheep follow each other. I keep hearing, "All my family have always voted Labour, so I am". Sorry but I have no confidence in the people who run Salford,plus we have TWO MP's who do not even reply to letters or Emails.Useless is the only word for them. Stop being sheep and give the independents a chance. |
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Bob the regular wrote
at 14:14:56 on 26 March 2019 |
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| Marc mentions a hung parliament. I for one would like to see a hung council. I am sure I could find enough rope. |
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Marc wrote
at 08:23:51 on 26 March 2019 |
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| We do need more independent councillors, i think there should be at least one in each ward, though, if you look at the state of the country with a hung parliament, we do need to make sure that important decisions get through and it isn’t just tit for tat style of point scoring politics.
Good luck to all those involved, and all the genuine councillors and candidates in Salford that want to see a change. |
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Mary Ferrer wrote
at 08:22:10 on 26 March 2019 |
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| God it must be bad when a member of Hazel Blears family is slagging the Labour party. The main problem is appathy, people need to get off their bums and vote. The turnout over the last good few years has been bad, very bad. This Labour run council have had their own way far too long. We need a strong opposition within the Council. I will standing again in Claremont. I have lived here all my life, I have been involved in the community for most of my adult life. I love the city of my birth and I am passionate about my community. I wish each and every Inderpendent candidate good luck |
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Jeff wrote
at 08:21:56 on 26 March 2019 |
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| Give me an independent to vote for in a Pendleton, I'm never voting Labour again. |
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