I’ve just done something i’ve never done before, and complained, to Cllr Patrick Karney my Labour Councillor in Harpurhey, about this quite honestly hilarious idea in the Manchester Evening News. Article Here, my email to him is below, and truth be told I’m not really holding my breath for a reply…
I email you as a constituent of yours and a resident of Harpurhey, and would like to express my utter dismay at your comments regarding the “twinning” of Harpurhey with Paris, my comparisons would be more nuanced than your hyperbolic one certainly was.
Coco Channel vs. Cash Generator. Does the Champs Elysees have as many potholes as Fernclough Road? I wonder if there are as many queues outside Raymond Blancs restaurants as there is outside Greggs in the morning… boat rides down the Medlock vs the Seine. The “Stalls” ofthe Thursday flea market compared to the Parisan markets.
You may think that your comments to the Manchester Evening News view your constituency in a good light but they don’t, not against a back drop of unemployment, and a quality of living that is still far below other more affluent areas of the city, never mind the bright lights of central Paris, maybe you should focus more on fighting the massive cuts that services in Harpurhey are going to receive instead of making ludicrous comments?
It wouldn’t sound as stupid if Harpurhey wasn’t one of the most deprived places not only in Manchester but in the country, and more than that how is a chimney stack with one blue light, anything like the Eiffel Tower anyway?
Posted on January 7, 2011
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