13 Years of Labour

To quote William Hague.  "It feels like a long time since Labour came into power - I first challenged Tony Blair at the despatch box thirteen years ago - but we must never forget their record of failure. New Labour: this is your life..."





And now times are changing in this part of West Yorkshire.

The Morley & Outwood constituency is a classic example of how times are changing.

Ed Balls back in 2007 was given a potentially safe seat with an estimated majority of 9000 votes now his new seat is in jeopardy and Antony Calvert a former council colleague of mine looks to be set to give Ed his very own Portillo moment on the 6th of May. Have a look at this news clip from Channel 4



Good luck on the 6th Antony!

If a similar swing took place in Normanton Pontefract & Castleford we could see Yvette Cooper the Minister of Work and Pensions experiencing jobcentreplus from the other side of the table. We will know what people have decided by Friday morning.

Vote for Nick Pickles on Thursday and help make change happen here.