Jackie Pearcey, the woman who wants to represent Bolton West in Parliament, has been meeting and greeting Westhoughton residents to find out what matters to them most.

Lib Dem Jackie has been talking to residents across the constituency. She wants to represent the area as an MP who would be firmly rooted in the community, not just someone that disappears into the Westminster village.

Asked what is the topic on everyone’s lips right now, Jackie said: “It’s the economy!”

“I’d like to thank the residents of Bolton West for their very warm reception when I’ve been calling on round,” Jackie added.

“There’s no doubt as to what the biggest issue is, it’s the economy.  From people who are worried about whether their children will be able to get an education, get on the housing ladder or even get a job, to people worried about their own job prospects and who are unable to get a mortgage or any sort of credit on reasonable terms, to pensioners who see no prospect of their savings ever earning more than a pittance on interest and whose pensions are at risk.

“The sad fact is that between the Conservatives having deregulated our economy to the point where it’s hard to tell the difference between a high street bank and a casino and Labour selling off the family silver the economic outlook is bleak and everybody knows it.  in fact everybody seems to know it except the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Shadow Chancellor who really think that they can kid people that everthing is fine until the polls close.

“What is clear from what you are saying on the doors is that the public have a better appreciation of the mess that we’re in than either of the two main parties.  I’ve been impressed at how many people have namechecked Vince Cable as the most sensible chioce to be our next Chancellor.

“In seats like Bolton West, we have the chance to make sure that can happen.”

RBS

Jackie Pearcey, Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate for Bolton West, has hit out at plans to sell off Royal Bank of Scotland branches – saying that it could result in the removal of banking services for many communities.

“Over the last decade, branch closures of all of the main banks have resulted in many urban communities without local banking facilities,” Pearcey told this website. “The proposal for the Royal bank of Scotland appears to include yet more branch closures.  There are now inner urban communities which have almost no local access to any sort of banking facilities and further branch closures will make it worse.”

Liberal Democrat PPC for Bolton West Jackie Pearcey has condemned the DNA database as out of control.  The database is supposed to comprise convicted criminals, however it has expanded to include hundreds of thousands of people who have never been convicted, or even charged with any crimes.

Jackie Pearcey

Jackie Pearcey said “There are many children on the database, who have had their DNA taken for trivial matters such as dropping litter.  They are stigamatised by being on this database, alongside rapists and murderers.  Now it turns out that a 1 year old baby is on the database.  There is no crime which a 1 year old baby can commit which could possily justify keeping their DNA on a police database.

“Years back, when police took fingerprints from people who were not suspects, but needed to have their prints eliminated from a scene of crime, these fingerprints were always destroyed after the case was completed.  However it seems that DNA samples are kept forever.  The Government should ensure that when people allow their DNA to be sampled in order to help forensic experts to understand a scene of crime, the samples should be destroyed, like fingerprints used to be.”

Jackie's Facebook page

Your Liberal Democrat PPC, Jackie Pearcey, has launched her campaign for the Bolton West constituency on to Facebook.

Jackie Pearcey

Jackie Pearcey has lived in Greater Manchester for over 20 years, after first coming to Manchester to study for a Physics PhD and now works in the IT sector.

Jackie Pearcey is a member of Manchester City Council and has a strong track record of speaking out on crime and disorder issues and the environment.

When selected Jackie Pearcey said “Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have much to offer the people of Bolton West. On the one hand we have a failing Government, whilst many voters still haven’t forgotten the last Conservative Government. Only the Liberal Democrats offer a real alternative to them both.”

Jackie was outspoken on the news that more local Post Offices were set to close last year. Residents supported her petition, but unfortunately the government had already sounded the death knell for the vital community facilities.