'Some people said it was like turkeys voting for Christmas... they were right'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was the red wall seat that turned blue for the first time in 100 years. Leigh was where Labour’s largest majority was overturned when Conservative James Grundy unseated sitting MP Jo Platt in 2019.
Some say the electorate in the old mining town - part of the borough of Wigan - was goaded into voting Tory by comments from leading politicians who argued that voting for Boris Johnson’s party in a town like Leigh would be ‘like turkeys voting for Christmas’.
At least that’s what some people the Local Democracy Reporting Service spoke to in the town centre said as the next General Election looms large on the horizon. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go A walk along Leigh’s Bradshawgate central thoroughfare gives a clue as to how the town has fared during the last few years against the backdrop of the Covid pandemic, the Ukraine war and the ongoing cost of living crisis.
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