GM Mayor and local Elections 2024

Tommy Two Stroke wrote:Over the years it has always seemed fashionable to call Andy Burnham on the various Wigan forums, from when he was MP for Leigh, although I have never called him, and he started the Hillsborough Inquiry off, and when that reported it was dynamite, it exploded.

I like the thing about taking back control of the buses, and creating the Bee network.

As regards the Greater Manchester CAZ that was too radical, if that had been implemented it would have hurt a lot of people including me, I am all in favour CAZ's but bring them in gradually.

On that list of candidates, there are two 'independents' and normally you have 'crackpots' who stand has independent candidates, and normally that is where I go to vote, but of those two, one is bad un and the other looks like he is a wannabee lunatic, not the real McCoy, and certainly not a crisp, I have him down has a weirdo, and I am not voting for a weirdo, although I could be accused of being a racist, and I got my postal vote thing today, so what would a Tory Mayor do for Greater Manchester ?

I suppose it is possible that the Reform candidate may poll more votes than the Conservative candidate, but hypothetically, would a Reform Mayor, reform Greater Manchester ?

Would he bloody hell as like.

Decisions decision eh ....

Lolly wrote:In my opinion, A Burnham would make a better leader of the Labour party than Starmer

Naughty Mitten wrote: But would you take a job for half his present income

Lolly wrote:Moulding could run.

Lolly wrote:I was joking TTs.  But I do remember him putting himself forward for GM Mayor quite
a few years ago when he lived in Salford. Needless to say he wasn't successful, he then moved to Wigan. He had a bust up a couple of years later with PF [yes him] Somewhere along the line he ran as Green Candidate in Preston He also ran for as an Independent in Ashton. Haven't heard much from him for a few years. Has he retired.

Lolly wrote:Peter Franzen.

Lolly wrote:Polling day being Thursday, May 2.

Seven people have put themselves forward for the race

The list of candidates for the election are as follows, ordered alphabetically by surname:

Don Prof Reis Abraham Halliwell Prf — Independent
Jake Austin — Liberal Democrats (LIB DEM)
Dan Barker — Reform UK (REFORM)
Nick Buckley — Independent (IND)
Andy Burnham — Labour (LAB)
Laura Evans — Conservative (CON)
Hannah Spencer — Green (GREEN)
Polls will be open in the election on May 2 from 7am to 10pm. The deadline to register to vote is 11:59pm on April 16.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/greater-manchester-mayor-election-2024-28946094