I understand that it’s his job to advocate for London but the rest of the UK could really do with some infrastructure investment.
whyowhyowhy9 on
London trying to steel even more investment into London
We should separate London from the rest of England for the Barnett formula
FranklinJJunior on
Lip service and a waste of time. If we bid for it, it will be London.
NoSwordfish1978 on
The Olympics are a massively expensive boondoggle for the city that ends up hosting it anyway.
thebusconductorhines on
Londoners when someone doesn’t involve them for a milisecond:🤬
Efficient_Sky5173 on
Well, everyone is already wearing tracksuits up there.
LondonLeather on
London is a world city, no one wants to go to the north it’s poor and wet.
CrossCityLine on
I’m a bit fucking bored of anything that isn’t for London going to fucking Manchester by default tbh.
Give the Midlands, Wales or Scotland something for a change FFS.
TWOITC on
Manchester tried to get the Olympics twice, nothing from Westminster. London wanted to bid for 2012 Westminster couldn’t chuck enough David Beckham, royals and taxpayers money at it.
tiger1296 on
Doubt any foreign nations would support a bid outside London over other prospective bids let’s be real
NewLoss6021 on
He’s a child throwing a tantrum when at someone else’s party because he isn’t getting the presents or blowing out the candles on the cake.
InSearchOfAFeeling on
I’m a Londoner but invest in the north. It needs it.
“ignore London?” Who’s the dumb fuck who actually thinks that London gets ignored? In the last 20 years what’s London had? 2012 games, Crossrail, HS2 actually going to London (or just outside, but OOC is a hell of a lot closer than Hansacre), refurbishment of St. Pancras & Kings Cross. Along with promises to expand Heathrow and Gatwick to be completed within about 10 years.
In that time what’s anything north of Milton Keynes & south of Scotland had? London’s old cast off trains with a diesel engine stuck in it, a few bits of electrification that’s not finished, partial funding for tram extensions in a few cities, new toll bridge in Runcorn, and everyone’s favourite: smart motorways. Manchester has done well to have the commonwealth games buildings from 2002, I genuinely don’t know what the likes of Blackpool, Sheffield, Hull, and plenty more parts of the country have actually had to improve their lives in the past 20 years.
Not saying nothing should be spent in London, obviously it’s the capital and has a much larger population to support, but the Barnett formula needs revisiting to allow some state sponsored growth outside of the M25 and devolved regions
AdNo3558 on
all that infrastructure will be years out of date by then 🙄
Mysterious-Yak1693 on
It’s always rankled with me that part of the decline of the UK has been this London-centric vision that has left the north to decay. Going right back to the extremely dodgy deals of the Dome, and Wembley stadium when public polls were firmly against the idea of both as ‘national institutions’ which were simply going to drive more money away and into London at the expense of the rest of the nation and the perception of any sort of national pride that the people felt ownership towards.
Now we’re seeing the results of that, and the argument is always “London makes the most money”. Of course it bloody does, you gave it all the investment, and the country has now rotted north of Watford.
People need hope, and aspiration. The basis of British wealth through trade, manufacture and invention was built way outside London – Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and their satellites etc.
Now they are seen as a problem when they are far more viable than London for investment because of pretty low wages and desperation for work. Give them a leg up for once.
Loreki on
Got to hand it to him, he’s representing his constituents’ views spot on here. Londoners do tend to insist everything in the UK center around them. So he’s earning his money putting that view into the public debate.
He’s wrong of course, the UK’s economic problems will never be solved if we stubbornly refuse to develop the 80% or so of the country outside of the South East, and he should expect to lose this argument.
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I understand that it’s his job to advocate for London but the rest of the UK could really do with some infrastructure investment.
London trying to steel even more investment into London
We should separate London from the rest of England for the Barnett formula
Lip service and a waste of time. If we bid for it, it will be London.
The Olympics are a massively expensive boondoggle for the city that ends up hosting it anyway.
Londoners when someone doesn’t involve them for a milisecond:🤬
Well, everyone is already wearing tracksuits up there.
London is a world city, no one wants to go to the north it’s poor and wet.
I’m a bit fucking bored of anything that isn’t for London going to fucking Manchester by default tbh.
Give the Midlands, Wales or Scotland something for a change FFS.
Manchester tried to get the Olympics twice, nothing from Westminster. London wanted to bid for 2012 Westminster couldn’t chuck enough David Beckham, royals and taxpayers money at it.
Doubt any foreign nations would support a bid outside London over other prospective bids let’s be real
He’s a child throwing a tantrum when at someone else’s party because he isn’t getting the presents or blowing out the candles on the cake.
I’m a Londoner but invest in the north. It needs it.
North/Midlands Olympics please.🙏
https://talksport.com/sport/4264588/north-of-england-olympics-host-venues-manchester-liverpool/
“ignore London?” Who’s the dumb fuck who actually thinks that London gets ignored? In the last 20 years what’s London had? 2012 games, Crossrail, HS2 actually going to London (or just outside, but OOC is a hell of a lot closer than Hansacre), refurbishment of St. Pancras & Kings Cross. Along with promises to expand Heathrow and Gatwick to be completed within about 10 years.
In that time what’s anything north of Milton Keynes & south of Scotland had? London’s old cast off trains with a diesel engine stuck in it, a few bits of electrification that’s not finished, partial funding for tram extensions in a few cities, new toll bridge in Runcorn, and everyone’s favourite: smart motorways. Manchester has done well to have the commonwealth games buildings from 2002, I genuinely don’t know what the likes of Blackpool, Sheffield, Hull, and plenty more parts of the country have actually had to improve their lives in the past 20 years.
Not saying nothing should be spent in London, obviously it’s the capital and has a much larger population to support, but the Barnett formula needs revisiting to allow some state sponsored growth outside of the M25 and devolved regions
all that infrastructure will be years out of date by then 🙄
It’s always rankled with me that part of the decline of the UK has been this London-centric vision that has left the north to decay. Going right back to the extremely dodgy deals of the Dome, and Wembley stadium when public polls were firmly against the idea of both as ‘national institutions’ which were simply going to drive more money away and into London at the expense of the rest of the nation and the perception of any sort of national pride that the people felt ownership towards.
Now we’re seeing the results of that, and the argument is always “London makes the most money”. Of course it bloody does, you gave it all the investment, and the country has now rotted north of Watford.
People need hope, and aspiration. The basis of British wealth through trade, manufacture and invention was built way outside London – Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and their satellites etc.
Now they are seen as a problem when they are far more viable than London for investment because of pretty low wages and desperation for work. Give them a leg up for once.
Got to hand it to him, he’s representing his constituents’ views spot on here. Londoners do tend to insist everything in the UK center around them. So he’s earning his money putting that view into the public debate.
He’s wrong of course, the UK’s economic problems will never be solved if we stubbornly refuse to develop the 80% or so of the country outside of the South East, and he should expect to lose this argument.