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T_i_B

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8. The perils of rhetorical bullsh*t....

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 01:56 PM

Jan 2016

The Tories use the toe curlingly embarrassing "Northern Powerhouse" term to sell any of their ideas for Northern England, and this gets used against them by their opponents on a regular basis.

Meanwhile the general population are left with little to no idea of what a "Northern Powerhouse" actually entails. The politicians selling & opposing it are doing far more to obscure than inform.

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'Northern Powerhouse' department to close Sheffield office and move 247 jobs to London [View all] Denzil_DC Jan 2016 OP

Pardon me for asking.... T_i_B Jan 2016 #1

Dunno. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #2

Who does fully understand what "Northern Powerhouse" actually means? T_i_B Jan 2016 #4

In fact I'm left wondering what part of BIS's remit does fall under the "northern powerhouse" stuff. Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #5

The Guardian isn't claiming 'Northern Powerhouse' falls under BIS, just that the office closure muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #6

Thanks. I suspect that, as so often, a sloppy subeditor coming up with the headline Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #7

The perils of rhetorical bullsh*t.... T_i_B Jan 2016 #8

Indeed. In one of the articles I linked above, Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #9

What does "The North" mean in this context? T_i_B Jan 2016 #10

In further (local) news on this subject... T_i_B Jul 2016 #11

Actually, my bad. It looks like the Daily Mash covered this back in November Denzil_DC Jan 2016 #3