Commentators in big cities missed the point of a Prime Ministerial speech aimed at smaller ones, towns, counties and the countryside.
Now the Coronavirus restrictions are lifting, it is time to focus on delivering what people voted for us to do, and double down on levelling up
The Government’s planning proposals haven’t even gone out to consultation yet – and everyone knows that the current system’s broken.
And we chat to the young waiter, the question I’m asking is: “why wait until young people are 22 for auto-enrolment to begin?”
This is a story of institutions, work and habits changing out of recognition – and how we can improve our position and the country once we’re heard.
In terms of parliamentary seats, CCHQ now needs to be targeting the North East of England much more broadly for the next election.
Will it be: Keir On Course, So-So Starmer…or a Knightmare for the Labour Party in Hartlepool – and elsewhere?
The sad truth is that many local Labour councils and local bureaucracies don’t want it: they’re scared of it.
Perhaps the simplest way of putting it is: it’s all about economic credibility, stupid. Because come 2024, it certainly will be.
Sadly, reports of thefts have surged in the UK, and now litter many local Facebook groups. And then there’s puppy-smuggling.
The Prime Minister has got Brexit done and is delivering on vaccines. Meanwhile, Starmer has nothing positive to say.
With a new president in place, and the UK’s G7 presidency up and running, we will have a new Indo-Pacific trading opportunity.
They screech in horror about a delay in total control of our own fisheries, but push for them to be handed back to the supertrawlers of the EU’s fishing fleets.
To my astonishment, the Toft Hill Bypass is there on page 134c – undelivered during over half a century of local Labour dominance.
The towns of the North East, left behind for generations by Labour, will need to see their Conservative MPs forging a durable path to a future.