Labour isn’t focused on the second, preferring to blame others for problems, and too many of its activists aren’t the first, either.
To my astonishment, the Toft Hill Bypass is there on page 134c – undelivered during over half a century of local Labour dominance.
This region contains a string of those ‘Labour Leave’ seats which are central to the Tory strategy – but will the Brexit Party trip them up?
Continuing our ConservativeHome series on the key contests in each region or nation.
Plus: Eleven candidates selected elsewhere, including Gillian Keegan in Chichester and Kemi Badenoch in Saffron Walden.
Plus the details of other seats selecting this evening.
ConHome pressed for more seats to select sooner – it seems CCHQ has listened.
In my view, no Labour seat in County Durham is safe. The remaining seats all have majorities under 6,000.