Dump spiel for real deal
By failing to put decent money where his mouth was, Boris Johnson heightened concerns he’s incapable of captaining Britain out of its economic storms.
Bringing forward £5billion of previously earmarked investment didn’t match the overblown rhetoric about a New Deal.
This PM, who fancies himself as another Franklin D Roosevelt, the US saviour during the Great Depression, looked out of his depth.
FDR would recognise yesterday was about cents when dollars are needed.
Johnson’s visit to a newly Tory constituency in Dudley signalled this was more about politics than real economics.
EasyJet’s threats of huge redundancies and shutting bases in Newcastle, Stansted and Southend illustrates why Britain requires an ambitious plan for jobs.
Rebuilding Britain out of the most severe recession for 300 years demands more than a PM boasting about inadequate sums after a decade of Conservative austerity cuts.
Performing for cameras is no substitute for commitment, inspiration, bravery and real investment in people and the nation’s future.
Lock it down
Leicester is expected by experts to be the first of many local lockdowns so Ministers must get this right.
Complaints about confusion in an East Midlands city of more than 300,000 are not encouraging. Communicating clearly what people should and should not do is vital.
Ahead of England’s Super Saturday this weekend when much reopens, the need to keep our physical distance must be reinforced.
Or the virus will spread rapidly again and Leicester won’t be alone.
High spirits
We're going to let ghost hunters probing reports of an angry apparition swearing at tourists into a secret.
When the pubs reopen they might alas be able to find spooky people screaming the same abuse in towns and cities after last orders.
