Daily Mirror - 24.07.2019

mirror.co.uk WEDNESDAY 24.07.2019 DAILY MIRROR^5

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joker will be unmasked as a

fraud at PMQs.

George Walden, former

diplomat and Tory MP, says

smirking, egomaniacal amateur

Johnson, “can never be a

serious person and the country

he will lead will not be taken

seriously either”.

Johnson’s character was

formed behind the bike sheds of

that most famous of public

schools, not on its playing fields.

He is not a team player. He is

the court jester – a politician

willing to shut down the House

of Commons if he can’t get his

way over Brexit.

His victory will be put to the

test in next week’s by-election in

mid-Wales. The process of

discovery that the emperor has

no clothes begins now.

now time for the North to get its

fair share. But transport alone is

not the silver bullet.

The Industrial Revolution

started here in the North and

we can lead the tech revolution.

But this won’t happen without

more local control over skills

and training.

As Mayors, we represent a

population the same size as

Scotland’s. The North as a

whole is 15.5 million-strong.

We are now beginning to

speak with one voice and we’re

only going to get louder.

■ Andy Burnham is the Mayor

of Greater Manchester; Steve

Rotheram is the Metro Mayor

of the Liverpool City Region;

Dan Jarvis is the Mayor of the

Sheffield City Region.

Voters will soon realise

emperor has no clothes

BORIS Johnson will run the

country as he campaigned to

win the leadership – flying by

the seat of his pants – if he is

able to hold them up.

They’re usually round his

ankles and that’s where the

country is heading with the

Eton Mess in No10.

He comes to power without a

credible programme for

government – indeed, a

complete disdain for

planning for the

future.

He takes over at

a time of

international crisis

after Iran’s seizure of a

British oil tanker – having

already enraged the

mullahs in Tehran.

His gaffe-prone appearances

as Foreign Secretary are the

shape of things to come. The

bumbling, mumbling, stumbling

BY PAUL

ROUTLEDGE

Time for Boris to deliver

for North at third asking

BORIS Johnson’s Government

will be the third administration

to promise the North of England

a Northern Powerhouse.

He is not known for his love of

the North, so people will be

sceptical of his commitment.

There has never been a

greater need to rebalance the

economy outside of London and

give the North the power and

resources to fire on all cylinders.

The North has been held back

for too long by our congested

roads and clapped-out trains.

Boris Johnson knows all too

well one of the key ingredients

to London’s success: that you

can catch a train, bus or Tube

without paying a fortune. After

50 years and billions of pounds

of investment in the capital, it’s

BY ANDY BURNHAM, STEVE

ROTHERHAM & DAN JARVIS

FACING BLOWS FROM DAY 1

From left, Hammond, Stewart and Gauke have vowed to

quit Cabinet to oppose new PM’s no-deal Brexit stance

ENEMIES WITHIN

a thread already

YES

YES

YES

NO YES

YES

NO

NO

NO

No-confidence motion could be

tabled.. would it pass?

Ask for extension..

will EU grant it?

No Deal

looms..

but will

Commons

block it?

Can he speed

the legislation

through?

General Election.

After that..

goodness knows

No Deal Brexit on

October 31. Fears

of turmoil ■

Will Boris strike a new

deal with the EU that

can pass the Commons?

Exit with a deal

on October 31.

A miracle! ■

Exit with a deal

..in far future ■

NO