Let’s hope that the [plan to base Great British Railways outside London](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-competition-to-find-first-hq-of-great-british-railways) helps with matters like this. That’s dependent on it being an actual full HQ rather than a token office like some other de-Londoning efforts which have established “head offices” with 6 members of staff, and a “satellite” office in London with 250.
I’m still amazed that the phrase ‘Northern Powerhouse’ is still in use.
I’m more shocked that after what.. 50 years of the Tories shitting on the North people believed all that levelling up bollocks.
Of course they bloody don’t. The rail links are terrible!
Standard operating procedure for a Tory government.
I’m still appalled that so many in the North of England actually voted Conservative.
They may not live in the north but more importantly they probably don’t ever use trains in the first place
It is astonishing just how gullible some people are. Like the wife of an abusive husband who keeps going back after they promise to change their ways……again.
I love how the government backtracks on promises then when called on it they don’t try to justify it with logic like cost hurdles or the pandemic, they just spout a fountain of lies:
“What do you mean? This is a brilliant upgrade for the North! Levelling up! Look into my eyes, into my eyes, don’t look around the eyes, look into my eyes. You will believe this is a good thing for the north. Levelling up! Aren’t we brilliant!”
Damn, it’s almost like people privileged and unrepresentative of the country shouldn’t be running it or something.
A complete non-story. A quarter of transport officials living in northern England is about right, given that northern England has 28% of England’s population (23% of the UK’s population).
Don’t live there and don’t intend to go there unless there is a photo opportunity to be had or an event they are being hosted at. The Tories do not and will never care for the north, to think anything else is pure folly. There are parts of the south that are very blue, but even those areas can be neglected by the Tories because they do not truly care about the locals. Just look at Cornwall as an example, they care about the second homeowners and retirees from London, not the locals who suffer as a result. Once they have your vote and a constituency, they will stop caring about the area and do the bare minimum to remain in power.
How is this news, Spoiler: Whitehall officials don’t live in Preston
I very much doubt my MP had ever visited our constituency before being offered the sitting seat here. Unsurprisingly he’s from the south east.
WNational decision making certainly needs to be more diverse – But when decisions about national policy are made, we can’t expect the decision making body to be precisely representative of the areas and demographics it covered can we?
I don’t agree with the decision made by any stretch, but HS2 is a *national* policy issue, not a regional one – if it was, it would have been decided by a regional body
The way I see it is that if the north ever got funding then it would just get gentrified so it’s lose-lose.
gotta keep pointing out parliament should be moved to wigan.
Like my dad said if they tried the holocaust in Liverpool the majority of people would be sent to camps on rail replacement busses
Miss Marple, you spoil us with your razor sharp insight!
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Wow, what a shock.
Let’s hope that the [plan to base Great British Railways outside London](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-competition-to-find-first-hq-of-great-british-railways) helps with matters like this. That’s dependent on it being an actual full HQ rather than a token office like some other de-Londoning efforts which have established “head offices” with 6 members of staff, and a “satellite” office in London with 250.
I’m still amazed that the phrase ‘Northern Powerhouse’ is still in use.
I’m more shocked that after what.. 50 years of the Tories shitting on the North people believed all that levelling up bollocks.
Of course they bloody don’t. The rail links are terrible!
Standard operating procedure for a Tory government.
I’m still appalled that so many in the North of England actually voted Conservative.
They may not live in the north but more importantly they probably don’t ever use trains in the first place
It is astonishing just how gullible some people are. Like the wife of an abusive husband who keeps going back after they promise to change their ways……again.
I love how the government backtracks on promises then when called on it they don’t try to justify it with logic like cost hurdles or the pandemic, they just spout a fountain of lies:
“What do you mean? This is a brilliant upgrade for the North! Levelling up! Look into my eyes, into my eyes, don’t look around the eyes, look into my eyes. You will believe this is a good thing for the north. Levelling up! Aren’t we brilliant!”
Damn, it’s almost like people privileged and unrepresentative of the country shouldn’t be running it or something.
A complete non-story. A quarter of transport officials living in northern England is about right, given that northern England has 28% of England’s population (23% of the UK’s population).
Don’t live there and don’t intend to go there unless there is a photo opportunity to be had or an event they are being hosted at. The Tories do not and will never care for the north, to think anything else is pure folly. There are parts of the south that are very blue, but even those areas can be neglected by the Tories because they do not truly care about the locals. Just look at Cornwall as an example, they care about the second homeowners and retirees from London, not the locals who suffer as a result. Once they have your vote and a constituency, they will stop caring about the area and do the bare minimum to remain in power.
How is this news, Spoiler: Whitehall officials don’t live in Preston
I very much doubt my MP had ever visited our constituency before being offered the sitting seat here. Unsurprisingly he’s from the south east.
WNational decision making certainly needs to be more diverse – But when decisions about national policy are made, we can’t expect the decision making body to be precisely representative of the areas and demographics it covered can we?
I don’t agree with the decision made by any stretch, but HS2 is a *national* policy issue, not a regional one – if it was, it would have been decided by a regional body
The way I see it is that if the north ever got funding then it would just get gentrified so it’s lose-lose.
gotta keep pointing out parliament should be moved to wigan.
Like my dad said if they tried the holocaust in Liverpool the majority of people would be sent to camps on rail replacement busses
Miss Marple, you spoil us with your razor sharp insight!