Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
As a Londoner do you welcome the new focus on the north?
As a Londoner, I'm quite comfortable with our city sharing the limelight with other regions that's currently being occasioned by Burnham. I'm somewhat apprehensive that political expediency will overcook the cake, but I hope that our city's importance will militate against that. In the meantime, the rebalancing seems appropriate to me.
Am I a lone voice or are Londoners generally more fair-minded that some in the press would have us?
Map from "Northern England", Wikipedia
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Permalink Reply by adamvietnam
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Yes very much so.
The North / South divide benefits no one and only increases pressures on housing and resources in The South.
A more equal distribution of funding will hopefully lead to a better quality of living for all.
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Harper
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I'm unaware of any change in balance. Beyond the Northern No.10 pr exercise, what are we to be considering? The National Economic Council? The further devolution of powers to the regions? More fiscal independence for regions (quite negative for many areas unless the current 'subsidy' model is retained)?
I don't see much meat and very few bones, and don't think we can frame them as north/south issues.
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