Northern Poor House more like.
I heard Farrage talking about Oldham, as I happened to be driving through that proud former mill town. It may be run down, with poor employment opportunities, the same as every other northern former mill town. It certainly isn't the desert of divided society he portrayed in his speech to Trump supporters in the US.
I agree with the other comments from those of us north of Watford - give us some investment, improve our infra structure, our public transport links. Honestly, who cares if 10 minutes can be knocked of the time it takes to go by train from Manchester to London when you can't get from Manchester to Wigan, often without buses being put on to transport rail travellers.
Sorry - Scottish Independence, its a real B that the B****t mess has got this to the centre of discussion again so soon after the vote to remain part of the UK. We're a small island, we need each other