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Jamie Driscoll Labour's First North of Tyne Mayor
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Jamie is now heading up and developing the North of Tyne Combined Authority, the regional body that allocates spending and will deliver on manifesto promises.
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How do I get things done? I find a way.
As a politician I’m often asked how things get done. My job as Mayor isn’t to debate policy or score points with political opponents, it’s about bringing people together to get things done. So when I see pictures of myself digging up some earth for Transmission Dynamics’ new factory, or cutting a ribbon in Verisure’s […]
People or cars?
“All I need is the air that I breathe…” sang the Hollies nearly 50 years ago. It’s not literally all you need, but clean air is a UN-backed fundamental human right. If you’re very young or very old, or have a condition like asthma, microscopic particles of burnt fuel or brake dust can put you […]
There’s nothing ideological about it, it’s simple arithmetic
You get offered a job in modern Britain. A job doing vital, meaningful work. You’ll keep the country running. You’ll make a real difference to people’s lives. You might even save lives. Without you and your colleagues Britain would unravel. Government ministers are so grateful that they film themselves clapping for you on a Thursday […]
Are Devolution and Levelling Up the same thing?
“You’d better run round with the hoover then,” said Caroline, my wife, after I mentioned a photographer from the Guardian would be coming before New Year. The photographer, Gary, was a friendly bloke. I made us a cuppa, and we chatted about his photojournalism documenting the history of British protest since 1997. Then down to […]
What’s the challenge for 2023?
Exactly 1 year ago I wrote, “Boris Johnson is on the ropes. Will Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak replace him?” Both, was the answer. 2022 turned out to be the year of three different Prime Ministers. Something the country last experienced 170 years ago. But whoever’s in power the same problems need fixing. And this […]
