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To be fair he did mention the poor east west links that he said was a disgrace and also that Leeds was the biggest City in Europe without a Metro that he said had to improve

 

I know what you mean generally about Gove but in an era when praising the opposition is taboo listen or read what Andy Burnham said about Gove getting the levelling up role on the Marr show. His speech on the subject was absolutely on the money as well.

 

It matters not, if wages rise and if it's being outstripped by inflation it effectively becomes a wage reduction. The word on the street is that we are going to see much higher inflation, that's without the pressure from energy price rises. Wages are rising rapidly in the EU and the US too. Add on wage inflation and in a year or so we could be seeing some pretty hefty price increases. The poor and the red wall seats will suffer disproportionately, the better off will be able to ride it. Brexit will only add to the woes. There are a lot of factors that seem to be converging and it doesn't look promising.

 

Today there are 4 areas of politics..
1) Right of centre where the majority of people are but with no meaningful representation
2) Centre where we have quasi socialist and green but put themselves forward as conservatives saying the right things but unable to put in to practise.
3) Old fashioned labour, woke and broke seeking mostly the votes of scroungers and immigrants
4) Absolute marxist no hopers.

 

It's a nightmare. Our Waitrose is almost out of Waitrose Essentials Foie Gras

 

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You have my sympathy, I don't know how you'll cope.

 

And that’s the problem - no viable alternative.

 

This was the claim of the left and the Brown supporters as they undermined and got rid of Blair claiming they could do better, They have never been in power since, Like Blair you can like or hate Boris but it would be foolish to write him off as foolish, He wins elections and it is an art some do not realise

 

Boris was brilliant, just need some action now....

 

Johnson is a brilliant campaigner and rabble rouser. But utterly incompetent at planning or implementation.

 

Despite all you say workers and pensioners have always been better off under a Tory government and as Blair famously told the Labour party conference when elected leader " You cannot let the past determine your future "

 

He delegates to his ministers who then show that they are not up to the job...

 

Not quite fairer for all but opportunity being more equally spread. He did quite a long part on it today (as did Gove on Monday which was actually excellent) but it will be difficult to actually measure regardless of what they say but the ideal behind it is all about uncorking untapped potential to increase productivity and its not a bad theory.