Hold on..have I missed something here? Why is a huge Casino in East Manchester such a godsend? Don’t the moral/ethical costs outweigh the other ‘benefits? - look at the level of consumer debt/gambling addiction across the UK. Isn’t Blackpool’s need for Regen far greater?
This self-congratulatory crowing and toadying is a huge turn off. Yes, Manchester has improved fantastically under Labour, despite Lib Dem attempts deride and oppose the Commonwealth games/Urbis et al. No other political party would have achieved this.
Only I don’t want to be living in a London clone-town by 2020, or a city of displaced Mancunians pushed aside for some yuppiefication project.
This persistent pandering to the middle/business-class agenda is a betrayal of Labour's core values.
