The Greater Manchester town which booed Rishi Sunak set to ditch the Tories
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe road from Manchester to Marple is littered with political signs popping out from the gardens. The town falls into the Hazel Grove constituency, a battleground seat which has always had a Lib Dem or Conservative MP.
It's been a Tory seat since 2015, with ex-MP William Wragg winning a 4,000-vote majority in 2019. READ MORE: Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says Liverpool gaff was a 'very bad joke' But one week before the election on July 4, the drive down Stockport Road to Marple is absent of Tory blue placards.
It's one of the signals that the town is ready to turn its back on the Conservatives when polls open next week, with lifelong Tory voters saying they can't support the party any longer.
Ian Burns, 72, is one of those. He's voted Conservative all his life, but said he'd be "too embarrassed" to put a Tory placard in the house now. "The way they have acted is disgusting.
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