“Government unveils levelling up plan that will transform UK”

Feb 3, 2022 | Government

I remember learning about Regional Development Boards in economics lessons at school in the 1970s. They were revived in another form in 1988 by Maggie when she thought she might lose even more northern votes, boosted by Labour in 1998, ditched by Osborne in 2010.  And here they come again, I’d wager, with shiny new Gove-esque packaging. This time rebranded as Levelling Up, more realistically, I’d say, Lip Service. By the way, MG’s report includes a list of the most important cities in the world since 7000BC; to show, I guess, how things might change. So, Hull could be the next Jericho…

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“Worst night for Labour since 1935”

“Worst night for Labour since 1935”

Mystic Phil did say back in July that ‘we can probs look forward to having both BoJo and Trump in charge until 2024’ and, yes, rues the day. It was Labour’s worst result since the year that Julie Andrews, Mary Berry and Elvis Presley were all born (who knew). And we...