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One of the biggest threats to democracy come the General Election could be low voter turn-out. As Westminster has positioned itself ever further from the concerns of ordinary people, voter apathy could be the biggest trend we see on July 4.
From: Chris Broome, on behalf of South Yorkshire Climate Alliance, Sheffield.
Forget Watford Gap services, often lazily cited as the line that divides North and South and therefore responsible for endless jokes, some of which have been made by the current government in the name of levelling up.
It’s no joke that the first episode of The Full Monty television series is called ‘Levelling Up’. It opens with a montage that leaves viewers in no doubt that seven Prime Ministers and eight Northern regeneration policies have failed to boost the region's prospects in the 25 years since the original film helped to put Sheffield on the cinematic map.
If plans to tax drivers by the mile go ahead, we motorists can consign the freedom of the open road to history. It’s clearly not enough that we’re still enduring some of the most expensive prices for petrol and diesel in Europe, and face punishing charges in our towns and cities for so much as daring to drive through them.