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Nick Clegg and Elwyn Watkins speak to a shopper at Asda in Shaw today. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today made his second trip to our area since the by-election was called. On a visit to Asda in Shaw, he shrugged off his party’s poor national poll rating, and criticised Labour for only offering […]
Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams speaking at Saddleworth Rangers rugby league club today. Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams made fairness the central theme of a by-election campaign peech in Greenfield today. She told an audience at Saddleworth Rangers rugby league club that she would “always do my best for the local area, not what’s best for […]
UKIP leader Nigel Farage, pulling a pint at The Grouse Inn on Lees Road in Clarksfield yesterday. (all pictures: Stuart Coleman Photography) UKIP leader Nigel Farage has urged voters to back his party in the Saddleworth by-election, saying the three main parties “look the same, sound the same, and there are almost no policy […]
(picture: Greg Cookson) Here’s a wonderful image taken in Uppermill during the recent wintry weather, of the Ammon Wrigley statue near the museum. It seems the snow took a liking to Saddleworth’s best-known writer! The image was taken by Greg Cookson and sent in to Saddleworth News by Andy Tither, so many thanks to […]
BNP Chairman Nick Griffin (left) with candidate Derek Adams in Lees yesterday. The BNP’s candidate in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election has said “high unemployment and anti-white racism” are the main issues for his campaign. Derek Adams also used an interview with Saddleworth News to say he had “a little bit of sympathy” […]
The political editor of The Economist, David Rennie, was in Saddleworth yesterday to cover the by-election campaign. He’s written his view of events on his Bagehot’s notebook blog, and it’s well worth a look. You can read the article here. Make sure you follow it to the end as Saddleworth News gets a mention! This […]
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