“American-style governors” is the British political pathology in a phrase. They won’t be constitutionally established elected leaders, but they will be *named* after something American because this generation of Tories have a teen crush on the US. thetimes.co.uk/article/americ…
“American-style governors” will – whatever the promises – inevitably be dependent on the Treasury and Whitehall so will be more elected regional managers than political figures in their own right.
And, of course, there are better examples closer to home that are better adapted to the UK system but are invisible because they don’t happen in English and politically unacceptable because they are European.
If someone wants me to write a piece on “German style Minister-Presidents could level up England”, my rates are reasonable.
Originally posted as a thread of 4 tweets on Twitter on 4 December 2021. View the original thread.