Nigel Adams MP is campaign manager for the Conservative candidate, James Hockney, in Barnsley Central.
As we enter the last 48 hours of the by-election campaign in Barnsley Central, it’s no surprise with so little to offer the people of Barnsley that Labour are resorting to the past to hold on to the seat, as the picture on the right shows.
We know that Labour have let Barnsley down. Despite the Labour Council doubling council tax since 1997, it has wasted money on a number of things, including £1.9 million spent on publicity and £30,000 on the arty timepiece on the Civic Centre. And it paid the council’s chief executive £161,000 last year, more than even the Prime Minister.
Labour campaign literature claims the “Labour Party offers a credible alternative to David Cameron” but Ed Miliband has shown since becoming leader that he has no credible polices to deal with the mess his party has left the country in and has admitted himself his policies are a “blank sheet of paper”. We have all heard his claims of “New Politics. Fresh Ideas” but when it comes down to it, all he can fill his “blank sheet of paper” with is the past whilst offering nothing for the future.
You would have hoped that Ed Miliband’s promise of a ‘new generation’ would have something credible to offer the people of Barnsley that they have so badly let down. Clearly, that is too much to hope for.
So, please help us hold Labour to account. Come up to Barnsley Central and help out James Hockney’s campaign in the final push to the close of polls at 10pm tomorrow, and make Labour pay for their negative, disingenuous campaign.
Anyone wishing to assist James's campaign today or on polling day tomorrow should email [email protected]. The campaign centre is situated at The Coach House, Berneslai Close (Off Churchfield), Barnsley, S70 2BQ, which is ten minutes from Barnsley railway station and easily accessible from the M1.
