AS the General Election approaches, there will be many political conversations taking place in our communities.

I have already taken part in many.

I would like to share part of just one of them.

A constituent of mine told me he thought Jeremy Corbyn was a "Jesus" figure.

He said: "I seem to remember that Pontius Pilate gave the crowd a choice. If the polling companies are right, we are about to elect Barabbas!"

Cllr Kevin McKeon

Horwich