June 7, 2015
THERE IS NO BRITAIN:
Lord Mandelson: Labour's huge Northern Powerhouse mistake (BBC, 6/06/15)
Lord Mandelson has criticised Labour for failing to come up with a credible strategy for decentralising power from London to northern England. [..]"We stepped back and passed the ball to the Conservatives and the coalition," he told BBC's Sunday Politics North West."And what did they do? They ran with it... and it was a strong part of their appeal both in the North West but also nationally."And the Labour Party, I'm afraid, has a long way to catch up. But catch up, it must do."He added: "I think George Osborne got it. I think he got it because he saw an electoral advantage in it... and we let him do so. And that was a huge political mistake."
The election wasn't just about reducing government but about reducing the size of polities--the EU, Great Britain and England--down to their constituent parts.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 7, 2015 8:30 AM
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