Conservative HQ to be set up in Leeds to show it cares about the red wall and divide - but why Leeds?

[chomalungma]

Yes - Leeds does have some Tory MPs

None of them changed in the election.
Part of Leeds has been left behind - but as a whole Leeds is a major city that's doing very well.

There are plenty of smaller towns in the North where people went to the Conservatives.

So AIBU to think that CCHQ should go to one of those places?

Unless CCHQ have a complete misunderstanding of the North and they just wanted a major city with all the art, culture, restaurants, transport links and facilities that they expect in a major city?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54397171

@RedSquirrelGreySquirrel

While I’m sure we would all really like to see the Tories, or anyone in our political establishment, set up shop somewhere where they can experience the whole reality of what they’ve done to Britain, it’s a bit unrealistic. Leeds is fairly central and it has the facilities. It’s a step in the right direction, hopefully.

What would worry me is that red light district. Is that part of the attraction for them? Women are getting more and more shat upon day by day.

Seriously?

@OpenlyGayExOlympicFencer

Is it likely to be large, do we think? They're not moving HQ there, just having another no doubt secondary branch.

No but it is a large political organisation (the o e that runs our country atm) so operates internationally, and with a diverse range of fields and that's not to mention it being a target for violence.

So airport, rail links, conference facilities, proximity to the organisations it has to work with, adequately sized police/security forces, acdomodation/hotel provision etc all become requirements.

Oh I agree doing it in a city makes sense for lots of reasons and was inevitable, definitely, I'm just wondering what size it's actually going to be.

[quote Butterer]@RedSquirrelGreySquirrel
Yep. I wouldn't put it past them to see the managed zone as one of the perks of the area.[/quote]
The political establishment use expensive 'massage parlors' anyway.

No but it is a large political organisation (the o e that runs our country atm) so operates internationally

Might be more appropriate to open an office in Moscow?

@ChaChaCha2012

No but it is a large political organisation (the o e that runs our country atm) so operates internationally

Might be more appropriate to open an office in Moscow?

Touche

Two reasons..

1. It’s where I’m from and still live, so they have finally decided to come and listen to me after years of me shouting at them via the TV and radio.
2. Leeds United are back in the Premiership.

It’s obvious really when you think about it.

Pontefract? The locals could keep them supplied with vast appropriate quanties of liquorish.

Leeds seems eminently suitable. Perhaps they should reconsider and move to Yockenthwaite or similar?

@ChaChaCha2012

No but it is a large political organisation (the o e that runs our country atm) so operates internationally

Might be more appropriate to open an office in Moscow?

Oh that ones at Smolenskaya Naberezhnaya, 10, Moscow, Russia, 121099.

@sst1234 Wakefield (And Doncaster for that matter) actually have better transport links to London than Leeds and would seem like a more serious gesture....no Pret tho 🤷‍♀️

Perhaps they want to do some really up close, in depth, investigations into that "managed" red light district which is totally fine and not facilitating the vile abuse of women and girls at all?

[quote Chuggington2]@sst1234 Wakefield (And Doncaster for that matter) actually have better transport links to London than Leeds and would seem like a more serious gesture....no Pret tho 🤷‍♀️[/quote]
True

Just think of the regeneration a new CCHQ could bring to an area too!

The collapse of the red wall started decades ago
just Labour were not paying attention

COVID is likely to reverse it
tee hee

The Guardian view

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/03/why-leeds-for-tory-hq-its-the-unsung-success-story-of-the-north