The British People Feel Badly Let Down By Brown

It is quite clear that the people of North Durham and people across the country are feeling badly let down by Labour. I have lost count of the number of lifelong Labour voters I have met who feel badly let down and will be voting for change this year.

A poll in this morning's Sun summed up quite how badly let down people feel. It showed that 44% of voters believe that Labour have done a good job in the past thirteen years and only 17% believe it has done a good job. It also found that:

• 44% of people say they are worse off than when Labour came to power, compared to 28% who feel better off;
• 67% of people blame the Government for the rise in unemployment, compared to only 29% who do not;
• 44% have either been unemployed or had a member of their immediate family who has been unemployed in the past two years;
• 34% feel that the state education system has got worse since Labour came to power, compared to 26% who think that it has got better;
• 53% are worried that immigration will cause problems for them;
• 49% believe that crime has gone up, whereas only 15% feel that it has gone down

We all remember the hope that existed in May of 1997. Labour haven't delivered on their promise. They have delivered an economy with higher unemployment, a society with greater inequality and higher anti social behaviour and a country where the North East is increasingly ignored by Government and let down by the MPs who are supposed to represent us.

This needs to change.