08-07-2020 21:34 via theguardian.com

'Imagine the state we’d be in if Corbyn had been in charge': the view from the 'red wall'

Working-class voters in Leigh do not regret voting for Tories after listening to chancellor’s summer statementBefore the pandemic hit the UK, the Guardian’s North of England editor, Helen Pidd, and photographer Chris Thomond spent time in Leigh, a “red wall” constituency in Wigan, Greater Manchester, which had just gone Conservative for the first time in more than 100 years. They returned on Wednesday to ask what residents thought of Rishi Sunak’s summer statement.I
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