Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city The socialist stronghold of Salford is no stranger to radical ideas – but one party's policy is so revolutionary it is technically treason, its leader says.
Bolton-born Stuart Cremins, who has lived in Pendlebury for 35 years, set up the Republic Party in 2015 and is running to be the mayor of Salford in May.
Uninterested in politics, he was inspired to stand in local elections as an independent in 2008 when he saw 'rubbish everywhere' in the streets.
Unable to find a political party which truly represented his republican values, he set up his own – one which calls for the complete abolition of the monarchy. "I did my research before I set up the
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