EVEN THOUGH Labour continues to be accused of offering insufficient clarity on the viability of its spending commitments or, more pertinently, its approach to Brexit, the national leadership’s neutrality over the One Yorkshire devolution deal is understandable.
After all, there’s every likelihood that the first Sheffield City Region metro mayor will be the Labour candidate and the party’s high command clearly does not want to be too prescriptive now the selection process is underway.
That said, the candidature of Barnsley Central MP Dan Jarvis – a primary architect of One Yorkshire – has been a game-changer because of his desire to use the mayoral platform to enable the whole county to unite under a single leadership structure. He has already changed the dynamics of the debate for the better.
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.”…if all three are as good as their word” is the “crunch” phrase in this article – They are politicians don’t forget !!
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