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Labour leader Ed Miliband praises Carlisle City Council




Ed Miliband has praised the work being carried out by Carlisle City Council’s Labour administration to improve the city.




Earlier this year, Carlisle was identified as a key seat for the 2015 General Election and the Labour leader visited the constituency yesterday in a bid to reconnect with disillusioned voters.

He held a special question-and-answer session at Carlisle Youth Zone, in Victoria Place, in front of a packed audience.

It was arranged to give people a chance to ask questions on issues which affect them and will focus on how politics can be made more relevant to people.

And the leader particularly wanted to hear from those who had given up voting for mainstream political parties, or those who have never voted.

Speaking ahead of the question and answer session, he said that what was happening in Carlisle was “exciting” after Labour seized control of the city council following 13 years of Tory rule last year.

He said: “What you are doing in Carlisle is exciting. We won the council last year based on our new approach and the way we campaigned.”

Mr Miliband also gave his support to Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Carlisle, city councillor Lee Sherriff.

He said that she was proactive in her community and balanced her political activities with being a carer.

“Part of doing politics differently is reaching out to people,” he said.

“We’ve got local people who really understand their area.”

And he added that the way things were being run in Carlisle was a “model” for this new approach.

Earlier this year Carlisle was identified as a key seat which Labour aims to win back from the Conservatives and this was partly the reason why it had been included in the One Nation series of events.

Mr Miliband said: “We want to win back the trust of the people of Carlisle. I think the city council is starting to do that. Lee is a good representative for Labour. We are really reaching out to the community, saying ‘we can make a difference to Carlisle’ but we need a Labour Government.”

Mr Miliband said that the biggest issue facing people today was jobs and added: “That’s a massive issue in Carlisle and all over the country. We can bring jobs back to Carlisle by working with the city council.”

Mr Miliband’s visit is part of a series of events being held throughout the UK

Last year, he chose Carlisle to launch Labour’s local elections campaign in the north.

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George Carlin

I see, so the labour admin in Carlisle are going to improve it by switching off the CCTV - then blaming the government for it - then suggesting the shops should pay for it?

Labour deregulated Carlisle's taxi trade - the labour leader of the licensing committee and ex mayor told one trade union colleague in a meeting to 'sit down, shut up, we don't care what deregulation is going to cost you'.

They made all Carlisle's taxis purpose built only in 1983 - in 1991 the labour party passed a rule saying all taxis must be wheelchair accessible - three years later they deregulated and allowed saloons - they subsequently conspired a policy only allowing WAV's on the station rank - because they knew existing owners would replace their WAV's with saloons.

Cnuts is not the word for them.

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George Carlin

Did he repeat his 'how I f***ed my brother speech'?

What chance has the country got when he can't even be trusted by his family?

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IDFIMH

Indeed, what chance has the country got when the political elite are morally corrupt?

They use smoke and mirrors by way of deflection to what is going on - this was personified with new labours 'good day to bury bad news' the day being the one after the 9/11 attacks when the public attention would be diverted elsewhere.

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George Carlin

Glen was never found either

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Its always BEEN TWEEDLE DUMB OR TWEEDLE DEE, you want the tory's then vote for em your shout if yer [edited by admin] off with Labour join en and change em it aint rocket science

As for yer council legging you over thats your fault an organised industry would soon clear them out Join a Union join the Party sort it

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Glen was not much of a politician was he? He was more of a swing person.

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