Tuesday, October 27, 2009

SNP Candidate David Kerr highlights 45 years of Labour broken promises to restore Springburn Hall

















Dear All

Reality can sometimes hurt, especially when you are Labour Candidate William Bain.

Word on the street in Springburn is that everyone is talking about 74 years of Labour neglect.

SNP candidate David Kerr has hit out over the empty promises of Labour politicians to restore Springburn Public Hall.

This pledge has been repeatedly given to the people of Springburn, election after election and still they have not acted.

The Springburn Burgh hall was built in 1903 and was once a focal point of the local community to meet.

Under the Labour controlled Glasgow City Council, it has lain unused for 45 years and has fallen into a state of disrepair despite repeated election promises from Labour candidates to restore it.

This is 45 years of lying by Labour to the voters on a single issue.

Recently in Maryhill; a community effort to restore Maryhill Burgh Hall was fully backed by SNP MSPs and councillors. After making the case and getting involved in the campaign it has recently secured Scottish Government funding.

This could have been done in Springburn by the Labour Party but then the Martin Fiefdom ruled and the only money the Martins were interested in is their own.

Speaking outside the Springburn Public Hall, David Kerr said;

"Springburn Public Hall is testament to Labour's neglect of Glasgow North East. Despite Labour promises to restore it at every election for the past 40 years, it is crumbling. This building is a clear symbol of Labour's neglect and of Labour's broken record of broken promises”.

The problem in Springburn is that because the Labour Party has ruled for too long, they have run out of steam, out of ideas and importantly out of will.

David Kerr added;

"If elected, I will fight to see this great building restored to its former glory and as an SNP MP I will deliver.

That type of promise is nowhere near what Labour Candidate William Bain will commit to on any issue.

So far Bain has pledged to do the bare minimum and even then he has left himself plenty of loopholes to get out of that.

So, David Kerr has fully committed himself to be a working MP who will make a difference, to help rather than hinder, to work with the community rather than against and to put right a series of wrongs that Labour could not or would not address.

David Kerr’s work starts immediately after he is elected to prep up Glasgow North East for a different type of MP.

One that works for the people!

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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