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One of the biggest successes for the Tories this week has been the Tees Valley mayoral position. Which they built from a narrow victory last time, into a crushing 73% of the vote landslide this time round.

The two major policies involved there appear to have been: nationalisation of Teesside airport (not very right wing) and freeport status with tax incentives and looser regulation (more right wing). Both designed to attract jobs, but using tactics from different sides of the spectrum. Mayor Houchen constantly talks about "leveling up" and those good old "tangible benefits". Oh and they're moving parts of the Treasury from Westminster up to Darlington.

Of course they have to actually deliver this stuff or Labour (if they have any sense) will watch like a hawk and jump on any failures, to win these areas back. The Tories are likely over promising after all, they have their own issues and an economy that is precarious to say the least.

In short, this isn't a Tory party with Thatcherite rigid right wing principles. I'm not sure Boris has any rigid principles. This is a party happy to be very flexible. We sit here now with an economy that has been largely nationalised for a year, after all.

Calling it the most right wing government ever is laughable, and only seeks to undermine Labour attempts to regroup and tackle them.
 
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Feeling better now. I have absolutely no idea what the mayor of Cambridgeshire does but the Tory guy has been booted out and replaced by a Labour guy. I think, like Scotland, we should seek independence for the Fens. We clearly have rejected Tory rule.
 
We should consider and ponder what positives the fens bring to the UK ....................................................... OK Bye!
 
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Proud brexiter & now Tory voter Fred called LBC from Hartlepool. After praising 'Boris' for the vaccines & the new Freeport with jobs coming to them. He delivered the coup de grâce, "What has Labour ever done for us? we've got nine foodbanks now, nothing when they were in power."
 

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It’s extraordinary how many of the voters in Hartlepool seem to be blaming Labour for the effects of austerity.
 
No one is slagging the PM, merely pointing out some things. He's been clever enough to convince people that 10 years of Tory rule is nothing to do with the problems they have. The foodbank story demonstrates a naivety and ignorance. I'm not sure that's the same as stupidity. Foodbbanks are not provided by government, but they exist because of Tory policies. Labour didn't provide them as they weren't needed.

The public are being manipulated in many ways. This is just one.
 
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No one is slagging the PM, merely pointing out some things. He's been clever enough to convince people that 10 years of Tory rule is nothing to do with the problems they have. The foodbank story demonstrates a naivety and ignorance. I'm not sure that's the same as stupidity. Foodbbanks are not provided by government, but they exist because of Tory policies. Labour didn't provide them as they weren't needed.

The public are being manipulated in many ways. This is just one.
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Play semantics with wording all you like . Use of food banks increased 20 fold during the last 5 years of Labour government , does that mean there was 20 times more poverty ?
 
I'd be interested in your source, numbers are important as well as % increases. The data I have seen shows a huge rise since 2011.
 
Sad day for me - I ditched my Labour Party membership today.
The sacking of Angela Rayner showed Kier Starmer’s true colours and I can’t support him any longer.
I need a serious read of their policies - but i see myself drifting towards the Greens.
 
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