It was great to spend some time touring Langworthy today with local Lib Dem ward councillor Lynn Drake. Councillor Norman Owen, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Salford & Eccles tagged along as we talked to local residents about problems and issues in the area.

Along the way, we picked up quite a bit of casework, including graffiti removal, flytipping clear-ups, emergency repairs to vandalised property on Liverpool Street and, what a surprise, more potholes in need of repair.

Residents on Southgarth Road in Langworthy agreed that locally we need more councillors like Lynn Drake who live in the area and are familiar with the territory (and the day-to-day problems). It was noted that those ward councillors who don’t live in our area, can’t properly understand the issues we have to deal with on a day to day basis, and therefore are not ideal for the task at hand.

That’s why we promised them that after May 6th, with their help, we’ll be adding another LOCAL Lib Dem councillor (me!) and removing failed Labour from Langworthy.