Tories in the North

 

The North gets so much subsidy compared to London, the South and East Anglia, that it is unlikely that they will ever vote for any party, that might threaten their gravy-train.

That is also why Gordon Brown doesn't want to upset them, by taking the correct step of taxing energy use. After all he reduced VAT on electricity as a bribe, when climate change indicated he shown have raised it significantly.

Independence for South of the Wash to the Severn!