Voters say the PM is sticking to his promises on Brexit, but some are less impressed by his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
When he re-opened on 15 June he was"terrified that no one would come".
But now seven months later, Brexit Britain has been scrambled again by a once-in-a-century pandemic which has far-ranging and profound consequences that will play out for years to come.Pauline and her mum Dot think things in Blyth will be 'very hard' And when it comes to the prime minister himself - whose personal polling ratings have fallen during this crisis - those I spoke to were appreciative that he was sticking to his promises on Brexit and levelling up, but some were less impressed at times by his handling of the crisis.
Pauline and her 83-year-old mum Dot, who I got chatting to in the Tudor Cafe in Bylth, were very matter-of-fact about what lay ahead."It's going to be very hard for Blyth," she said. "We've given someone else a chance, let's see what happens. You now, that's all you can do. People wanted a change." Which raises the obvious question of whether the government has the economic firepower and political will to fulfil the promises they made.
"The areas that are going to be most hard hit by the job losses are going to be seats Boris Johnson won in the North East and the Midlands," says one senior Labour figure.
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