That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.

What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

I think he's not accountable,

I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.