Rosie's reward
Her promotion to the Shadow Cabinet is a fitting reward for a
politician who has sought to do the very best for the region that she is proud to represent. If only her assiduous example was followed by every MP who sits on the front benches of the House of Commons.
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Hide AdThe Doncaster Central MP's influence also offers a salutary lesson to the new Government. While one does not expect, in these austere times, for David Cameron to replicate very aspect of the outgoing and, at times, cumbersome Labour administration, it is important that he does, at least, appoint a Minister with specific responsibility for the North.
Such a move would have three benefits. It would assuage those who believe the Tories are predominantly a party of the Home Counties. It will help kickstart the economic recovery in areas that are over-dependent on the public sector. And it would, hopefully, ensure that Yorkshire does not lose out to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales when it comes to funding and political influence.