The People of North Durham Are Ready To Turn Their Back On Gordon Brown's Labour Party

As election day draws nearer, the anger of the people of North Durham about Gordon Brown’s Government shows no sign of abating.

People are, quite rightly, angry and frustrated at the way in which the North East has been consistently ignored by a Government that has 27 of the region's 29 MPs. People are angry and frustrated about the fact that a 'Labour' Government has presided over mass unemployment and widening inequality and has done next to nothing about either of them. People are angry and frustrated about the anti social behaviour that blights their day to day lives.

That is why the people of North Durham are ready to vote for change at the next election. Across North Durham, from Annfield Plain to Sacriston, from Ouston to Stanley, people who have voted Labour all of their lives are telling me that they will not be voting for Gordon Brown next time round. They are ready to vote for a local candidate, prepared to stand up for our area.