Outraged Huyton Grandmother Challenges Knowsley Politicians Over Floods

PRESS RELEASE 25th July 2011: Immediate

An outraged Huyton grandmother, Marie Rea, has said that the anger felt over the successive floods in Huyton will be reflected in a high turnout in the Page Moss council by-election on the 18^th August.

Marie is standing for the Greens “to make this a real election”, otherwise the Labour Party candidate Dave Tully will be expected to win at a stroll based on the 93% of the vote Labour gained just two months ago. She said:

“Quite rightly, this by-election will be all about the flooding, United Utilities and the responsibilities of the council. People in the Page Moss ward have seen their lives destroyed by floods on successive occasions.”

“Huyton has been badly let down by our politicians. Thatcher privatised the water companies but Labour did nothing about that in 13 years in power. Instead, United Utilities made more than £5.5 billion in profit. We’ve seen our bills go up and we’ve also paid for privatisation in a succession of floods.”

“I’ll be standing for the Greens who are the only party in Parliament committed to taking water companies back into public ownership and we’ll be putting our case strongly against the Labour Party here, and asking some serious questions about United Utilities record in our area.”

There are three other candidates contesting the election. Matt Hughes will be standing for the Liberal Democrats, Robert Avery for the Conservatives and Sean Watson as an independent.