That was the Tories’ chosen method of telling people hundreds of miles away from Westminster how their immediate futures would pan out. Despite where I live one of those papers being less widely read than the Timbuktu Herald. Hence anguish and fury from ­political and business leaders, summed up by Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, who tweeted: “No discussion. But the great news is that this time their contempt matters because Johnson owes his majority to Brexit-obsessed Labour voters in seats he now proudly labels The Blue Wall. So, to everyone in Johnson’s Blue Wonderwall I’d like to ask: “What’s the story, Northern Tory?” Answer, in mining lingo: you’ve been shafted.

Source: Daily Mirror October 09, 2020 15:22 UTC