Reeves v Burnham: The art of storytelling |
Today's big transport announcement showed voters two politicians with very different ways of selling their policies to the public.
Andy Burnham was in Rochdale to introduce the chancellor, and his five minute speech told a heart-warming story about how Greater Manchester's Bee Network had created apprenticeships for young people "who are building buses that they can see in service in their own community". "It's happening, and that's how the Bee Network is re-industrialising Rochdale and Greater Manchester," the mayor added.
Rachel Reeves, by contrast, focused on her fiscal rules and how her multi-billion pound investment drive was "underpinned by a step change in how the government approaches and evaluates the case for investing in all of our regions".
The workers behind her looked bored stiff and the point of the announcement, desperately needed action to tackle regional inequality, was buried in jargon.
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| Written by Archie Mitchell |
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