The phrase “levelling up” may once have conjured a vision of northern towns and cities scarred by deindustrialisation – but Jeremy Hunt’s budget suggested the government’s definition now stretches to Buckinghamshire, Canary Wharf and Cambridge.
There is definitely something comforting about the Grauniad. Without a trace of vanity, many people must feel a sense of satisfaction that they rose above it ages ago and without much effort.
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Our local road surfaces could do with some "levelling up".
Sam - ours too, they have become ridiculous. Some potholes are linking together so we can't avoid them.
Way back in the early eighties, I bagged a huge contract to build sections of a big development of industrial units on the Isle of Dogs. It was an immense project for us, and one which helped me personally, (and financially...!)!
It was an innovative design, and we did everything we could to get it going! I even drove from The Weald of Kent to Darlington and back in one day in a Transit, just to deliver one ten ft sample cladding panel for the developer, who really was a great chap, and took me out to lunch for the effort!
It's all been demolished now, and is now small, expensive flats and serviced apartments!
Gove doesn't really understand the real issues on such business, he's just a lightweight compared to the real, hard-nosed Scots who were in charge of my firm!
Scrobs - yes they are all lightweights, hardly any of them understand anything practical. We may as well choose people at random off the street.
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