pretty much all Boris Johnson’s plans, covid-19 has found a new way to thwart the prime minister: by undermining his strategy for re-election in 2024. Other than getting Brexit done, Mr Johnson’s main policy plank when he was elected was to “level up” impoverished areas of the country far from the capital, and thus consolidate the votes that he won through his support for Brexit.
The government gave mayors few formal powers, expecting them to be little more than local cheerleaders and problem-solvers. Their ability to raise money is limited. But mayors have large mandates and high local profiles, which give them great informal power. Boris Johnson is prime minister because he won 92,000 votes in a Tory leadership election and then, last December, 25,000 votes in his constituency. By contrast, 360,000 people in Greater Manchester voted for Andy Burnham. Almost 1.
He had already demonstrated his informal power. In May, he and the city mayor of Liverpool argued against reopening schools. Although mayors are not supposed to control schools, this had a huge effect. In early June only 6% of schools in north-west England were open for children in the reception year, compared with 41% in the Midlands. Mr Burnham dished out more opinions.
The government of Canada and the province of Alberta are doing the same thing only the other way round. People fly in, get a test, isolate till they have a neg test (2 days) and are free to go, then the numbers will be tracked to determine if there is a spike in cases.....
More left wing wedges being driven between a sensible and an Labour blunt instrument approach. With the sole purpose of undermining the goverment.
Why did the people in the North-west vote for the Conservatives? Now live with your demons. You reap what you sow. Thank you for reading and sharing.
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He would, wouldn't he!
The new normal, in which Boris J dictates how many people you can interact with, is dystopian. Am I the only one who is genuinely more worried about government overreach than a virus which kills less than 0.5% of people it infects?
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