{"id":35014,"date":"2024-04-25T08:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/why-new-pre-election-pledges-in-former-red-wall-towns-like-grimsby-may-not-be-enough\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T08:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:57:26","slug":"why-new-pre-election-pledges-in-former-red-wall-towns-like-grimsby-may-not-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/why-new-pre-election-pledges-in-former-red-wall-towns-like-grimsby-may-not-be-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Why new pre-election pledges in former red wall towns like Grimsby may not be enough"},"content":{"rendered":"
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June gives me a wry smile when I ask her if she trusts politicians. But it soon fades.<\/p>\n

“They promise you the Earth, and you don’t see anything. And it’s soul destroying,” she says.<\/p>\n

I meet her and husband Joe as they tuck into fish and chips in the Grimsby’s oldest chippy, the Peabung, which has served this town since 1883.<\/p>\n

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June tells me she really wants to trust politicians but they “just mess it up every time”. I ask Joe if he thinks politicians care about him? “Well hopefully they do. I’m not sure really.”<\/p>\n

He stops to think for a moment. “I don’t really trust politicians,” he says.<\/p>\n

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The findings of a Sky News\/YouGov poll are stark and echo how voters like June and Joe feel.<\/p>\n

In some places, there appears to be a deep loss of faith in British politics.<\/p>\n

Shannon Donnelly has nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok and has used the platform to develop her Grimsby-based business selling personal safety equipment, such as panic alarms. I ask her if she trusts politicians.<\/p>\n

“No – I think things like Brexit has massively changed people’s opinion. I won’t forget when they said all that money would go to the NHS.<\/p>\n

“Now we seem to be in a worse position, but they still expect us to trust them. It’s crazy.”<\/p>\n

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The percentage of Leavers saying they “almost never” trust the government has leapt by 33 points (from 23% to 56%) since the last election. This is twice as much as the increase for Remainers.<\/p>\n

For full results of the poll, click\/tap here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Shannon’s lack of trust impacts on her livelihood and she says she doesn’t know which way to turn.<\/p>\n

“For the business, obviously, it’s important to look at what they will do. We’re struggling. VAT is insane, overheads are crazy.”<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
Meet voters taking part in our project ahead of election<\/a>
Town with port to world’s largest offshore wind farm under watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Asked if people think politicians care about them, 83% of people asked said no, with just 11% saying they cared a little.<\/p>\n

When asked how much do politicians care about your part of the country – there is a clear divide – 86% of people living in the north of England say they don’t care, whereas just 47% of Londoners say their elected representatives don’t care about their city.<\/p>\n

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Brian Wustrack owns the oldest fish and chip shop in Grimsby.<\/p>\n

“They’re just not listening to the people that voted, it’s all a one-way system for them. They’ve lost touch with the people out there, especially the people in the North.”<\/p>\n

The prime minister is still to announce the date of the next general election.<\/p>\n

However, places like Grimsby and Cleethorpes are key election battlegrounds<\/a><\/strong> now. Support for the Conservatives may be fading but that won’t necessarily translate into strong support for Labour.<\/p>\n

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The Reform party is gaining ground in pro-Leave constituencies like this one, picking up their 2019 Tory voters.<\/p>\n

But brace yourself for a raft of promises in the next few months.<\/p>\n

The question is will voters trust politicians to deliver on them.<\/p>\n

The Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge is going to be live in Grimsby tonight with a special programme in our Target Towns series. She’ll be talking about trust in politics with a live audience – that’s live tonight on Sky News at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ALL THE CANDIDATES IN NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE’S LOCAL ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Croft Baker<\/strong>
Gemma Harney – Liberal Democrats
Marian Jervis – Labour Party
Graham Reynolds – Conservative Party<\/p>\n

East Marsh<\/strong>
Lloyd Emmerson – Liberal Democrats
Barry Miller – Labour and Co-operative Party
Callum Procter – Conservative Party<\/p>\n

Freshney<\/strong>
Tamzin Barton – Liberal Democrats
Tanya Brasted – Conservative Party
Paul Bright – Independent (part of Independents for North East Lincolnshire party group)
Paul Wood – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)
Samantha Wrexal Holborrow – Labour Party<\/p>\n

Haverstoe<\/strong>
Stephen Hocknell – Liberal Democrats
Val O’Flynn – TUSC
Bill Parkinson – Conservative Party
Ian Townsend – Labour Party<\/p>\n

Heneage<\/strong>
Brian Barrett – Liberal Democrats
Emma Clough – Labour Party
Tyrone Curran – Conservative Party
John Stiff – TUSC<\/p>\n

Humberston & New Waltham<\/strong>
Ryan Aisthorpe – Liberal Democrats
Joe Carter – TUSC
Hayden Dawkins – Conservative Party
Pauline Kaczmarek – Labour Party<\/p>\n

Immingham<\/strong>
David Barton – Liberal Democrats
Trevor Crofts – Conservative Party
Nathan Newton – TUSC
David Watson – Labour Party<\/p>\n

Park<\/strong>
Robson Augusta – Labour Party
Zach Kellerman – Liberal Democrats
Dave Mitchell – TUSC
Daniel Westcott – Conservative Party<\/p>\n

Scartho <\/strong>
Charlotte Croft – Conservative Party
Caroline Ellis – Liberal Democrats
Dan Humphrey – Labour Party
Val Pow – TUSC<\/p>\n

Sidney Sussex<\/strong>
Andy Burton – Liberal Democrats
Alexandra Curran – Conservative Party
Mark Gee – TUSC
Edward Kaczmarek – Labour Party<\/p>\n

South<\/strong>
Paul Batson – Conservative Party
Jane Bramley – Independent
Andrew Harrison – Liberal Democrats
Sheldon Mill – Labour Party
Bill Ward – TUSC<\/p>\n

Yarborough <\/strong>
Les Bonner – Independent (part of the Independents for North East Lincolnshire party group)
Sam Brown – Labour and Co-operative Party
Phil Tuplin – TUSC
Christine Vickers – Conservative Party
Aharon Wharton – Liberal Democrats<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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