After riding the Boris bounce to his Warrington South seat in 2019, Andy Carter’s panicked chicken run has finally ended up in farcical failure. Carter, one quarter of the Kangaroo Court’s “Tory Majority“, is currently sitting on a doomed 3% majority. Good luck fighting that one…
The Boris backstabber tried to chicken run and get the selection for quite a few seats, including Andrew Bridgen’s North West Leicestershire as well as Chester South. He now announces his sullen return and says:
“Some of the comments that made me reflect the most have come from people who’ve previously been opposition party supporters and politicians, on all sides, who’ve praised me for the way I’ve approached the role of representing this area and recognised the things achieved while I’ve been their Member of Parliament.”
The opposition was very happy indeed with his work. Not that that’ll help in the election…
Read his full statement below:
“Morning Everyone
I wanted to let you know that after much discussion I’ve decided to stand as the Conservatives Candidate in Warrington South.
Here’s the statement which is being released this morning:
Andy Carter said “I hadn’t planned to stand, however the election came earlier than I had expected and I’ve been overwhelmed by the messages and calls I’ve had from local people asking me to re-consider the decision I had taken almost 12 months ago. They’ve seen me working hard for the last four and a half years as an active Member of Parliament, that I’m approachable and willing to stand up for local people in a way that others haven’t in the past. So, I’ll be putting my name forward and I’ll be on the ballot paper as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate on 4th July.
Some of the comments that made me reflect the most have come from people who’ve previously been opposition party supporters and politicians, on all sides, who’ve praised me for the way I’ve approached the role of representing this area and recognised the things achieved while I’ve been their Member of Parliament, some have even made their comments publicly.
There are still many more things I’d like to change and improvements we need to see in the town so I’ll be continuing to campaign for better healthcare facilities, more visible policing and improvements to our local transport network to cut congestion across Warrington and make it easier and cheaper to get about. National security, energy security and food security are top issues
We have near record levels of employment in Warrington South, many great companies in critical sectors have located here and I know from hosting my annual jobs and apprentice fair that ensuring we have training for the right skills to help young people into those jobs is critical. The sector Academies at Warrington and Vale College that I’ve helped to secure funding for will make a big impact in the coming years and every school in Warrington South is now Ofsted rated good or outstanding, up from 68% when this Government came into office. A great education is the most valuable thing we can provide for our children to ensure every young person gets the best possible start in life.
At this election I want residents to have the choice, to be able pick someone who cares deeply about this area, has had a career outside of politics and knows about life in the real world, who knows how to get things done, has the experience of working in Westminster and Warrington, will champion local businesses and isn’t afraid to stand up and say when they don’t agree with decisions being made. No other candidate demonstrates all of these skills and commitments and I hope people will do me the honour of re-electing me as their Member of Parliament.”
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”