"Boris Johnson has called for greater devolution across England as a way to boost his “levelling up” agenda, urging towns and counties to approach Downing Street with ideas as to how they can boost their local economies."
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"Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king's horses and all the king's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again. He fell off the wall* - from the highest high - so high!"
*Red or Blue - is of no consequence!!
dailymotion.com/video/x4cvd5j
*Red or Blue - is of no consequence!!
dailymotion.com/video/x4cvd5j
"“Come to us with your vision about how you will level up,” Johnson said in a somewhat freewheeling speech in Coventry, one which spent considerable time detailing the problems of regional inequality, but had few immediate policies."
#indyref2 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
#indyref2 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
With hindsight...the above 'gesture' of casting the 'net' far and wide for ideas serves only to toss crumbs for the peasants to squabble and fight over - merely a DISTRACTION as #LiarJohnson and cabal in UK Government advance apace to dismantle NHS and human rights for all in UK! 
Remember, the elite that bankrolled Brexit and #ToxicTories ☠️, consider themselves to be FREE from petty, irksome restrictions of LAWS! 🤑🤑🤑
🎶🎵Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world🎵🎶
Roll onwards to UK "sunlit uplands" Brexit promise!
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world🎵🎶
Roll onwards to UK "sunlit uplands" Brexit promise!
Whilst the Millionaires and Billionaires 'play' - the world burns!!
Not much sign of 'sunny uplands' as climate change ravages the world we live in! 🌎🌍🌏
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/15/eur…
Not much sign of 'sunny uplands' as climate change ravages the world we live in! 🌎🌍🌏
edition.cnn.com/2021/07/15/eur…
FYI "Boris Johnson makes landmark levelling up speech in West Midlands"
Poverty, inequality, greed etc., are all relative to the angle from which it is viewed!
Inequality is all around us...
UK just 'Got Brexit Done' - or so, some would have you believe - and the peasants are a bit antsy whenever 'Bridges' are mentioned!
But...surely Brexit deserves to be celebrated...
And in the US...
Some elites just don't see it that way...
Consider yourself lucky...it could have been worse...
...much worse...
but for the illusion of escalators...
...in a variety of shapes and forms...
So...no matter how bad it appears...from your perspective...be careful what you wish for...
And don't take your eyes off what really, really matters...
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#LiarJohnson and the cabal in UK Government will NEVER address inequalities across UK whilst using mirrors and smokescreens to divert time, attention and resources from these inequalities that obstruct UK citizens from living lives that realise their potential and dreams.
"Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said the “cowardly” chancellor was corroding public trust by trying to cover up the truth on “appalling” inequalities which have seen the numbers of children in poverty rise to 4.2m."
"The row arises from the government’s break with the practice of previous administrations and other countries which have used measures of “relative poverty” to establish how many of their citizens are deprived of the living standards generally enjoyed by those around them."
"The independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation uses the relative measure after housing costs as its headline figure for understanding what is happening with poverty."
“JRF defines poverty as when someone’s resources are well below what is enough to meet their minimum needs,” explained the thinktank’s deputy director of evidence and impact Peter Matejic."
“Relative poverty is defined as below 60 per cent of average incomes in any given year, whereas absolute poverty is defined as 60 per cent of incomes from a specific year, currently 2010/11."
“Relative poverty is therefore able to measure whether people on lower incomes are catching up with those on higher incomes, and whether or not they are benefitting from overall economic growth."
"Absolute poverty measures when people on lower incomes see their incomes grow faster than the cost of living even if they are falling even further behind people higher up the income scale.”
Better to keep 👀 wide open when considering inequalities & measuring impact on lives!
Better to keep 👀 wide open when considering inequalities & measuring impact on lives!
UK citizens are heartly sick of #ToxicTories' ☠️ FUDGE!!
Never a thought for contribution to obesity nor mention of taxes in this instance! 😝
Maybe UK Government ought to tax it's liberal application of UK Fudge as it hoodwinks UK citizens - citzens might just want less Fudge!
Never a thought for contribution to obesity nor mention of taxes in this instance! 😝
Maybe UK Government ought to tax it's liberal application of UK Fudge as it hoodwinks UK citizens - citzens might just want less Fudge!
"Instead, Tory-led administrations have increasingly focused on “absolute poverty”, which measures real incomes compared to a fixed date in the past and tends to show falling levels of deprivation as societies get generally richer - except in times of recession."
"The pandemic has led to a severe recession. This briefing examines different aspects of the economic impact of the crisis to date and outlines the key issues for the economic outlook."
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
Fudge FREE 'UK Economic Outlook' report!
"In our latest UK Economic Outlook report, we look at the implications of lifting social distancing restrictions, as well as the government’s support measures on households and businesses."
Written BEFORE "murderous" 19th July in UK!
"In our latest UK Economic Outlook report, we look at the implications of lifting social distancing restrictions, as well as the government’s support measures on households and businesses."
Written BEFORE "murderous" 19th July in UK!
"We look ahead to what we can expect for rest of 2021, including what the recovery will look like from a regional and sectoral perspective."
"With the recovery likely to be uneven across UK, we help you to prepare for new economic and business reality."
⚠️ Drive carefully! ⚠️
"With the recovery likely to be uneven across UK, we help you to prepare for new economic and business reality."
⚠️ Drive carefully! ⚠️
When planning any journey, it's better to think further ahead than the road immediately ahead, i.e. long-sighted v short-sighted; Barnard Castle may not always be open for business!
Better not to rely upon hindsight!
assets.kpmg/content/dam/kp…
Better not to rely upon hindsight!
assets.kpmg/content/dam/kp…
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"Gross inequalities in life expectancy, educational attainment and prosperity are a blight that squanders potential and corrodes national cohesion. The feeling that some parts of the country have thrived while others have been left to wither has fuelled a lot of grievance."
"The Tory leader used that resentment for his own ends in the Brexit referendum and at the last election."
Brexit; end of UK membership within EU and erosion of many benefits from EU membership that were measureable in terms of 'levelling up' inequalities across UK - how ironic!
Brexit; end of UK membership within EU and erosion of many benefits from EU membership that were measureable in terms of 'levelling up' inequalities across UK - how ironic!
From a perspective of the population as a 'box of cornflakes'...
"I don't believe that economic equality is possible. Indeed, some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and 'keeping up with the Jonses'... That is a valuable spur to economic equality." !?!
"I don't believe that economic equality is possible. Indeed, some measure of inequality is essential for the spirit of envy and 'keeping up with the Jonses'... That is a valuable spur to economic equality." !?!
The dilemma and inner conflict of one that advocates 'having one's cake and eating it' - might work if someone else pays the tab!
theguardian.com/politics/video…
theguardian.com/politics/video…
These imbalances are the result of economic and social trends that reach back decades and have been troubling British governments since Harold Wilson was at Number 10. This is a challenge larger than one parliament. It will be the work of a generation.
"Lashings of rhetorical condiments came with meagre policy meat. There was a promise of £50m for better football pitches, a £10m plan to clean up chewing gum and a “National High Streets Day” to lift local pride."
"Given the profundity of the inequalities he had described, this is like offering a sticking plaster to a man suffering from a heart attack."
"Yet if it is a meaningful enterprise then it has to entail allocating disadvantaged areas a larger slice of the resources going into transport, education, skills, government contracts and investment and job incentives than they would have done absent levelling up."
"That has to mean wealthier areas of the country getting less than they would have done."
Or even, perish the thought, affluent elite being expected to pay their fair share of taxes - for the benefit of all UK citizens!
Or even, perish the thought, affluent elite being expected to pay their fair share of taxes - for the benefit of all UK citizens!
"Rachel Wolf, co-wrote the Tory 2019 manifesto, has said that the Conservatives will have to choose whether they focus on the “just about managing” or concentrate on “affluent Britain” and “there is no third magic middle path”."
#ToxicTories ☠️ manifestly cannot deliver for UK!
#ToxicTories ☠️ manifestly cannot deliver for UK!
Apparently, a united society, at peace with it's diversity of identities and role in the world - underpinned and sustained with equitable distribution of the economic gains from their combined productivity - may be a bridge too far for #ToxicTories ☠️.
"The UK is not only one of the most imbalanced countries in the western world, it is also one of the most centralised, and the prime minister now acknowledges that these two defects are connected. This has long been accepted by Tories who have worked on these issues."
"Local needs are best met and local strengths best mobilised by devolving control to local leadership."
It's TIME! But, for the matter of an upsurge of COVID!
#SaveLives 😷
#indyref2 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
It's TIME! But, for the matter of an upsurge of COVID!
#SaveLives 😷
#indyref2 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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