Stagecoach Manchester

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RE: Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

(20/03/2017 10:01)knutstransport Wrote:  Every time the news does a report on any of the candidates standing they say at the end "There are x candidates standing with the election taking place on 4th May" and while doing that they show a full list of all the current candidates. In my area the Labour party can't even seem to produce a flyer for their candidates and get it delivered to all houses in the ward so we often finish up with having a choice of voting for a known Conservative candidate or a mystery Labour candidate.

Doing a quick Google your Independent is Marcus Farmer who owns a waste disposal company. There is no BNP candidate - you were probably thinking of Stephen Morris who's standing for the English Democrats. Jim O'Neill is also saying he will stand as an Independent - he's a Goldman Sachs advisor but hasn't submitted his paperwork yet. Jane Brophy is the Lib Dem candidate.

Burnham's manifesto summary says the following on transport

Living at the other end of the East Lancs, I find it astonishing that bus travel in Manchester is so different, especially ticketing arrangements. On Merseyside we have had a Saveaway ticket (now part of the Walrus Smartcard) that allows adult unlimited bus, train and ferry travel on any service for £5.70 per day. For passengers aged 5-18 there is now a Myticket for the princely sum of £2 per day that also allows all-day unlimited bus travel.