Comparing downtrodden Blackpool with the affluent Ribble Valley is comparing chalk with cheese, writes Chris Blackhurst. It’s as if Boris Johnson has stumbled across the difference between wealth and poverty
Pier pressure: behind the seaside fun, Blackpool is a byword for Britain’s social illsne of the more emotive moments in Boris Johnson’s conference address was when he compared Ribble Valley with Blackpool. “We have one of the most imbalanced societies and lopsided economies of all the richer countries,” he said. “It’s not just that there’s a gap between London and the southeast and the rest of the country, there are 18 gaps within the regions themselves.
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