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Good luck with the "but people live there, thier lives can be improved who cares about a poor ROI" argument. I mean that kind of genuinely, I see your point,

by matt-p 2y ago

Good luck with the "but people live there, thier lives can be improved who cares about a poor ROI" argument. I mean that kind of genuinely, I see your point, but good luck trying that argument on the treasury. It's a fact that they're subsidised. They have regional mayors, do you think a devolved solution for each northern city is really reasonable or desirable? If we think it's desirable and will stop them being subsidised then why hasn't it worked for Scotland, Wales or NI? All of which take more than they put it.

James_K 2y ago
Luckily you don't need to convince the treasury, just the electorate. And they are desperate for it. As you said, Bojo's levelling up scheme was like electoral crack. Perhaps some day we will achieve the level of democracy where the government enacts policies which are universally popular. Maybe it will happen soon if Reform UK actually follows through on proportional representation. Though it's a sorry state that those racist cretins are our best shot. Though I don't know if PR alone would be enough, we'd have to do something about the media as well and they're pretty buddy-buddy with Farage.