Private Eye delivers the beginner's guide to Houchens Teesworks:

[motownjunk]

I agree. In my opinion Governments of the Right, Left and Centre have really failed to do this in the last 44 years, leaving the UK with such an unequal and unbalanced economy experts say its the most unequal in the Developed World. In this country it has led to angry voters. Doing nothing is not the answer neither. Some of the new economic zone is a start. If Labour do get in 2024 it will be interesting to see what they do with regards economic development in areas such as Teesside.

The problem with economic zones like this, they are not that dissimilar to the old enterprise zones, is as soon as the money stops being pumped in everyone leaves and rarely anything lasting remains.

 

[MickaelDebevePhenomenal]

I would also add I tend to trust local people to spend money better that someone sitting in Whitehall.

I wouldn't trust Houchen with the takings of a primary school tuck shop. He is a charlatan and fraudster of the highest order.

 

[ThePrisoner]

Levelling Up Money

What is this? How is this different or additional to any other government funding? Does this mean other, more affluent, areas get less money from central government? If not then where has this additional money come from?

 

[1finny]

The net tightens

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641012400005554176

 

[NYboro]

The net tightens

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641012400005554176

She was quick off the mark! I haven't got past the first page yet.

 

[Piccadilly Day Tripper]

Houchen and Simon Clarke are spending their Wednesday afternoon picking fights with the editor of the Yorkshire Post for having the temerity of looking to cover the story:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1641032226614792194

https://twitter.com/SimonClarkeMP/status/1641037294499921920


What are they both so scared of? And why are they so arrogant as to not take some advice on comms and optics before going on the offensive?

 

[BiggEggo]

See Carol Vorderman is on the look out for case material for a proposed new series of scandal exposes. Plenty of folk pushing Teesside/Middlesbrough forces as worthy of investigation.

Anyone got any maps that show the wash up of increased crustacean deaths? Hartlepool beaches look fine on recent visits. South of the Tees not so good. My understanding is that longshore drift washes debris from North to South along our coast?