Levelling up defined.

[the other bob wilson]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/29/labour-lambasts-reported-330k-award-of-public-money-to-repair-ex-peers-road

[jon1959]

Re: Levelling up defined.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-ex-peers-road

I wait with interest for the inevitable call for 'balance' from LOM or James - who no doubt will be able to point to a pot hole filled in on a Council estate in Sunderland or similar.

[Dorcus]

Re: Levelling up defined.

You've got to hand it to these Tories; they don't half look after their own.

[life on mars]

Re: Levelling up defined.

Levelling up success will be decided by democracy.

Sadly Labour didn't think of it first and it didn't tap into the views of the electorate in the North East and Scotland. .

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Levelling up defined.

Levelling up success will be decided by democracy.

Sadly Labour didn't think of it first and it didn't tap into the views of the electorate in the North East and Scotland. .

Yeah, you’ve got to hand it to Johnson and his crew, when it comes to cheap and vacuous slogans they’ve got the rest beat.

[JamesWales]

Re: Levelling up defined.

I wait with interest for the inevitable call for 'balance' from LOM or James - who no doubt will be able to point to a pot hole filled in on a Council estate in Sunderland or similar.

No, if the story is as reported (and it probably isn't) then it's obviously outrageous.

But is it a typical story of the levelling up finds? Or is this just the equivalent of someone posting a story about an NHS funded diversity course and claiming the whole NHS wastes money as a result?

If there's 99 good things and one bad, some people will just focus on the one bad and convince themselves the whole thing is rotten.

[lardy]

Re: Levelling up defined.

No, if the story is as reported (and it probably isn't) then it's obviously outrageous.

But is it a typical story of the levelling up finds? Or is this just the equivalent of someone posting a story about an NHS funded diversity course and claiming the whole NHS wastes money as a result?

If there's 99 good things and one bad, some people will just focus on the one bad and convince themselves the whole thing is rotten.

He made the trains run on time though, didn't he?

[ninian opinian]

Re: Levelling up defined.

No, if the story is as reported (and it probably isn't) then it's obviously outrageous.

But is it a typical story of the levelling up finds? Or is this just the equivalent of someone posting a story about an NHS funded diversity course and claiming the whole NHS wastes money as a result?

If there's 99 good things and one bad, some people will just focus on the one bad and convince themselves the whole thing is rotten.

Well it’s reported in your wonderful, truthful Daily Heil so it must be true.

[life on mars]

Re: Levelling up defined.

No, if the story is as reported (and it probably isn't) then it's obviously outrageous.

But is it a typical story of the levelling up finds? Or is this just the equivalent of someone posting a story about an NHS funded diversity course and claiming the whole NHS wastes money as a result?

If there's 99 good things and one bad, some people will just focus on the one bad and convince themselves the whole thing is rotten.

I see everyone avoided your excellent point in the last para ,what a shock . I'm sure the people of the levelling up lands will decide on its success at the next election .

[Doucas]

Re: Levelling up defined.

I see everyone avoided your excellent point in the last para ,what a shock . I'm sure the people of the levelling up lands will decide on its success at the next election .

Go on, name 99 good things then.

[Swiss Peter]

Re: Levelling up defined.

I see everyone avoided your excellent point in the last para ,what a shock . I'm sure the people of the levelling up lands will decide on its success at the next election .

It's not an excellent point at all. It would be excellent if he could reference even a small number of 'levelling up' policies that have actually made a difference. But, yes, you are right - ultimately we will see what 'levelling-up land' (I like that by the way ) makes of it.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Levelling up defined.

It's not an excellent point at all. It would be excellent if he could reference even a small number of 'levelling up' policies that have actually made a difference. But, yes, you are right - ultimately we will see what 'levelling-up land' (I like that by the way ) makes of it.

Not a lot currently according to this;-

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1543631/boris-johnson-news-red-wall-keir-starmer-labour-keir-starmer-tories

Incidentally, I love the way the hack puts everyone’s age after mentioning them, it seems so quaint these days.

[JamesWales]

Re: Levelling up defined.

I see everyone avoided your excellent point in the last para ,what a shock . I'm sure the people of the levelling up lands will decide on its success at the next election .

Nope, but as usual we get a weird reference to Mussolini and a very clever play on words calling the Daily Mail the Daily Heil. Clever stuff and definitely not indicative of people who are ideologically possessed

Nonetheless, its a fair point that in criticising an emphasis on a small number of negatives, the bigger picture should be presented.

So here's a bigger list. I note Bury FC benefitting too, bringing football back to the community. But that's good news isn't it, and who wants to read that?

https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2021/10/27/regional-levelling-up-projects-full-list/

[Tito Fuente]

Re: Levelling up defined.

Nope, but as usual we get a weird reference to Mussolini and a very clever play on words calling the Daily Mail the Daily Heil. Clever stuff and definitely not indicative of people who are ideologically possessed

Nonetheless, its a fair point that in criticising an emphasis on a small number of negatives, the bigger picture should be presented.

So here's a bigger list. I note Bury FC benefitting too, bringing football back to the community. But that's good news isn't it, and who wants to read that?

https://www.constructionenquirer.com...cts-full-list/

'£300,000 for the North East Homeless Hub, North Shields.'

Not bad this leveling up stuff but they
could have got the private estate of a Tory peer re-tarmacced for that cost though. Waste of money.

[lardy]

Re: Levelling up defined.

Nope, but as usual we get a weird reference to Mussolini and a very clever play on words calling the Daily Mail the Daily Heil. Clever stuff and definitely not indicative of people who are ideologically possessed

Nonetheless, its a fair point that in criticising an emphasis on a small number of negatives, the bigger picture should be presented.

So here's a bigger list. I note Bury FC benefitting too, bringing football back to the community. But that's good news isn't it, and who wants to read that?

https://www.constructionenquirer.com...cts-full-list/

Happy to explain the Mussolini reference for you.

You said that the Tories might do 99 good (but unspecified) things while everyone concentrates on one (an underestimate) bad thing.

It may be the case that that one bad thing is not evened out by the 99 good things.