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Labour’s PPC for Manchester Withington explains why Mancunians voted “no”

By Labour Matters ⋅ December 12, 2008 ⋅ Print this article Print this article    Comment on this article Post a comment

Lucy Powell, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Manchester Withington, explains in why Mancunians overwhelmingly voted against the proposed congestion charge:

“First of all, a big factor is timing. It’s difficult enough in the best of times to convince people to pay more for a greater good or a longer term need, but at the onset of a recession it’s almost impossible.

Second, we simply didn’t win the argument. Even after a big public information campaign, the basic facts of the proposed scheme just didn’t get through. It was a complex set of proposals, which were not readily understood. There remains much confusion and misunderstanding about them.”

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