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Old 30-06-2026, 10:05   #48
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Re: Andy Burnham’s chronicles

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post

"Reindustrialise": Yes

"No 10 North": Ridiculous. Get growth first then tinker.

"More devolution": Not before there is a nationally consulted and funded plan. At this stage - gollox.

"Government is broken": No shit.
Devolution is needed. BoJo spent a whopping £96m on regenerating Hartlepool. The voters there ended up voting Remain as they felt the money being spent was not as they wished.

No 10 North. Get growth first? We've struggled with getting growth to date so no harm in trying other ideas like this to get it. Manchester is a success story and it's daft not to aspire to replicate its success elsewwhere.

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This ping-pong would be an excellent idea. As you may recall. I'm in favour of an international incident whereby we simply push the boats back toward France. This needs to be brought to a head via a declaration of national emergency. The £4+ billion spent on this nonsense annually would go a long way (in the right hands) to reviving the economy.
If the solution is to adopt one of Trump's undemocratic ways of working, you're asking the wrong question.

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