Johnny Marr calls George Osborne’s Northern Powerhouse “thick” and “patronising” – Mirror Online

Smiths guitar legend Johnny Marr says George Osborne should stop patronising northerners with “thick” slogans.

Marr slammed the Chancellor’s “Northern Powerhouse” slogan, branding it patronising to Northern people.

Taking to Twitter, the guitarist said: “Do Cameron and Osborne actually think that people in the North are OK with the term “Northern Powerhouse?”

“Patronising and thick or what?”

Source: Johnny Marr calls George Osborne’s Nothern Powerhouse “thick” and “patronising” – Mirror Online

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4 Comments

  1. Nick Fourbanks July 10, 2015 at 9:47 am - Reply

    Like most government ministers they do not care much for northerners George Osborne and co know nothing about the north they have never had any friends from the north and they very rarely get to visit the north

    • Mike Sivier July 10, 2015 at 10:01 am - Reply

      Isn’t Osborne’s Tatton constituency in the North?

      • Nick Fourbanks July 10, 2015 at 1:53 pm - Reply

        Tatton may well be in the north mike but it is on prime estate in Cheshire

        most people in the true north wont know of tatton i live in Sussex but i have never visited the best parts and i think that goes for most folk

  2. wildswimmerpete July 10, 2015 at 10:17 am - Reply

    To be geographically and meteorologically pedantic, Mike, Cheshire is in the Midlands. “Up North” begins t’other side of the Mersey. I live in the Weaver Vale constituency, adjacent to Tatton. The border between the two constituencies was gerrymandered by the Tories during their last term of office to encourage a Tory win in the ’15 GE. A taste of things to come?

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