Labour point both ways in Rochdale

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Labour point both ways in Rochdale

By Mark Pack | Mon 10th September 2007 - 2:51 pm

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Labour’s Rochdale candidate – Simon Danczuk – has just done a leaflet opposing the idea of fortnightly weekly rubbish collections. He thinks it is a “crazy idea”.

Only one slight problem. Can you guess the connection between the man who is his election agent and the man who was leader of the council when the decision to introduce fortnightly collections was made?

Yup, there are one and the same. So he’s campaigning against something his very own agent introduced. Oops.

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4 Comments

Cy Pomeroy 10th Sep '07 - 6:28pm

So, shows the guy has a mind of his own, nothing wrong with that.
Dave Hennigan 10th Sep '07 - 6:51pm

As his leaflet is published by the former Leader of the Council. They managed to flip flop as soon as they lost power – funny that!
Geoffrey Payne 10th Sep '07 - 10:51pm

That is what is known as oppositionalism. Opposing something simply to make yourself popular regardless of the consequences.
Lets be thankful that the Liberal Democrats do not resort to such tactics.
Norfolk Blogger 10th Sep '07 - 11:38pm

The Tories campaigned against fortnightly collections in North norfolk in 2005. By the time the election had been called people were quite happy with them. The result spoke for itself.