Hobbo's Poems
A quirky look at life from a Yorkshire poet and his dog's perspective
Levelling up
Levelling up We're building a high-speed train link to run between London and Crewe, shorten the journey by seconds and dubbed by the press HS2. What about cities Manchester, Leeds and your promise of boosting the North? Way too expensive, we've cancelled those links The North, I'm afraid, can fuck orf!
Hobbo's Poems 
Do the pollies have holiday houses in the north? That usually explains those kinds of differences. 😀
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Oh, they have several houses, and we pay for their London homes!
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I heard rumours about that. A pox in both our countries.
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It is a real divide. 😒
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Well that puts Carlisle practically off the map! Do you know the joke about the Fox Hat?
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Fox hat?
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Prince Charles visited Carlisle once wearing a fox on his head. When someone asked him why, he said that when he told people where he was going, their response was always ‘Carlisle? Wear the fox hat!’
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🤣 Love it! I’m so glad I asked.
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I wonder if Mr Bump could compress that into a haiku 🤣
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Oh, I’m sure he could!
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I’m sure they’ll remember, come the election.
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Oh yes!
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They should relocate parliament to Leeds, then see what happens.
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Good idea. It’s the way that they keep insisting there is no divide which annoys me!
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I think it was a good idea to farm the agencies out to the regions, you know like the DVLA in Swansea.
I do think there is a problem with parl being based in London. It shouldn’t matter, but it obviously does.
I heard an E Midlands MP talking along the lines “I’m alright, Jack. It’s up to the north to argue its case”, which I think is disappointing. I’d have thought they should all be arguing for a flatter distribution.
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There is a similar, though not as pronounced divide in other countries too. Decentralisation definitely helps.
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This rucus about 2nd jobs might help, too. Just in terms of cutting ties to the big London firms they all consult for.
It seems a no-brainer to me that they should be “restricted” to one job – representing their constituents. I’d also pay them proportional to the average wage, maybe 1.5 times? A backbencher currently gets £80k/year. Seems a lot.
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I agree. Can’t imagine being allowed or having the time for a second job when I was a cop. Surely being an MP should be a full time commitment, and don’t get me started about second homes!
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Yup. If they’ve time for other things, they’re not doing the job properly. There was aguy once local to me, a guy called Terry Fields. Used to be a fireman before an MP. He continued taking his fireman’s salary, and donated the rest to the party. Seems quite an honourable thing to do. Placed called Broadgreen in Liverpool.
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MP’s are all honourable, aren’t they?
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Yeah here in Hull we’ll still be in with the freight. Complete piss take!
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I just accept now that they are lying bastards, and there is nothing we can do about it. Makes for a better night’s sleep!
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Indeed they are! We should tip our forlock and be grateful for what we have. “Leveling up”….. bollocks!
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Bollocks indeed!
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