“The right wing don’t do anyone any good”: The victory of Salford’s Tory queen

She was steadfast in the bear pit of a council chamber in the 90s and the early noughties. When anger at the Tories was at its peak in Salford she was a prime target. In 1994 she had to step down as a councillor after the estate agent business she ran with her husband went bust and she was declared bankrupt. But her stoic nature meant in 2000, at the third attempt, she was re-elected to the council. Karen Garrido is Conservative royalty in the city and at the height of her influence was the leader of a Tory group…