The smile drops almost instantly from Richard McPartland’s face when he hears the word ‘election’. “I don’t trust any of them,” he said. “I don’t even know if I’ll vote.
Tories, Labour, they’re all the same. They all tell lies.” The director of a powder-coating business in Derker, Oldham was working outside his shop in a rare spot of sunshine hitting the borough when the M.E.N soured his mood by asking about the upcoming vote.
He doesn’t think it will make a difference who gets into power - and he’s not the only Oldhamer feeling disillusioned with this year’s election choices. READ MORE: Tragedy as man, 20, dies after 'becoming unwell' at Manchester nightclub But one thing is clear in Oldham East and Saddleworth, Greater Manchester’s biggest constituency.
Whether in the industrial sprawls of Mumps and Derker or the Pennine-screened villages of Uppermill - people want a change. Yet for many of the voters the M.E.N.
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