This is unbelievable. The Green candidate for Mayor of Salford isn’t even in the booklet being forced out by Salford Council! The problem is that the Council wanted to charge each candidate £500 for the privilege, and some people – like Green people – haven’t got it. Call this democracy? Democracy, as a concept, has failed in Salford, and we will have to live with the consequences for many years to come.

Green candidate left out of Mayor booklet