The QT

Sunday 19 May 2024
19/05/2024

Boris Johnson

Levelling Up: the case for the prosecution

Almost 10 years ago the then Chancellor coined the term ‘Northern Powerhouse’. When Boris Johnson became Prime Minister and replaced it with ‘Levelling Up’ many here asked — isn’t that a downgrade?  After all, the 2010 Coalition Government had not got off to an auspicious start. We lost our regional development agency, One North East, …

Tory Looney Tunes no longer amuse me

The plight of the Conservative Party increasingly resembles that of the hapless cartoon character Wile E. Coyote. Just like him, the Tories keep devising cunning new plans to arrest the remorseless progress of Road Runner Keir Starmer. But we all know the Acme anvil they have just suspended from a rocket-powered kite is about 10 …

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