Headquarters in London
Posted: 03 Oct 2020, 11:54
Hindquarters in Leeds
The Conservatives have announced that they are to establish a northern HQ. The announcement, on the eve of conference, is clever as it sends out a positive message to the North as well as other places outside London.
Leeds is also a clever choice. It is on the doorstep of the Red Wall seats that turned blue in the last GE To have senior Tories in place locally is a good move for them. Also Leeds, unlike Manchester or Liverpool, has never moved to either extreme. Politically it is very middle-of-the-road. Since the war it has swung to both Tories and Labour with quite a few periods of NOC. It is also fairly well represented by LibDems, Greens and independents.
It will be interesting to see where the new offices are to be located and how accessible they and the workers will be to the public..... and also how long it will last.
It also gives the other parties something to think about regarding how they connect with the wider population outside of the Westminster / London bubble. That is something which has long been needed.
The Conservatives have announced that they are to establish a northern HQ. The announcement, on the eve of conference, is clever as it sends out a positive message to the North as well as other places outside London.
Leeds is also a clever choice. It is on the doorstep of the Red Wall seats that turned blue in the last GE To have senior Tories in place locally is a good move for them. Also Leeds, unlike Manchester or Liverpool, has never moved to either extreme. Politically it is very middle-of-the-road. Since the war it has swung to both Tories and Labour with quite a few periods of NOC. It is also fairly well represented by LibDems, Greens and independents.
It will be interesting to see where the new offices are to be located and how accessible they and the workers will be to the public..... and also how long it will last.
It also gives the other parties something to think about regarding how they connect with the wider population outside of the Westminster / London bubble. That is something which has long been needed.