The Urban Legend


Heseltine to design Tory urban revivial

If the Tories are unable to capture what should be eminently winnable seats like Cheltenham, Solihull or Winchester, then what chance have they got in Reading or Swindon? And that is to say nothing of Birmingham, Liverpool or Manchester.

The paucity of any gains at the 2005 election in Labour's northern fiefdoms is attributable to the fact that much of northern England, and in particular Scotland, resembles Georgia under Communist rule. Economic activity derives from one source: public money.

As long as voters are reliant on Labour's sycophantic activities for subsistence, culminating in an effective client state for the Labour Party, the Tories have little chance of reversing their retreat from Britain's urban heartlands.

Why on earth would you vote your employer out of office?