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Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
Hands up everyone who saw GMPTA - in Labour hands for all of its 22-year history - turning Tory!!!
Even I didn’t see that coming until the night before when I got the tip…and even then, it was only finally settled 25 minutes before the meeting.
The new chairman, Trafford’s 34-year-old deputy leader Matt Colledge seems a decent bet but chairing an authority when you have only got 7 members out of 32 is knife-edge stuff, whatever the deal with the Liberals.
But here’s the rub….
Trafford is completely opposed to congestion charging - a scheme devised by Sir Howard Bernstein, the CLERK to the PTA.
Hows that going to work then?