Focus on the economies of the northern regions is a departure from Tory business history
Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, delivers his keynote speech on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, UK, on Wednesday, October 6 2021. Picture: BLOOMBERG/HOLLIE ADAMS
“You will find talent, genius, flair and enthusiasm is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not,” Johnson said. There was little on specifics. But this was a speech that should have been made a year ago had it not been for the pandemic. The aim was to reassure voters who had backed the Conservatives for the first time in 2019 that they had made the right choice. Now pressure will mount to set out more detail on the flagship “levelling up” policy and prove it is more than just a slogan.Johnson rattled through his joke-laden monologue in under 50 minutes. He attacked the opposition Labour party as divided and out of touch with voters.
The UK voted to leave the EU five years ago and ratified that decision in a general election, he said. “Yes, it will take time and yes it will sometimes be difficult, but that was the change that people voted for in 2016 and that was the change they voted for again powerfully in 2019.” The Confederation of British Industry , meanwhile, is warning of longer-term disruption, with shortages being two-year rather than two-month problems.
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