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WITH the wind jiggling in the rigging of the Trincomalee behind him, Boris Johnson held court yesterday afternoon beside the water in the historic centre of maritime Hartlepool. “If there’s a lesson, it is the public want politicians to get on with their priorities,” he said, standing coatless on the quayside despite the threat of hail. “Here in Hartlepool, people voted for Brexit and we got Brexit done, and then we are able to do other things.” With the new MP shivering beside him, he launched into his bullet points of the freeport, of the economic campus in Darlington, of taking control of our borders, of overturning the European Super League, and of levelling up.
Left, Home Secretary Charles Clarke, and right, Alan Johnson THIS week, 15 years ago, Labour MPs called on Tony Blair to set a firm date for leaving No 10 in the wake of the party s local election drubbing and the dramatic sacking of Home Secretary Charles Clarke. Backbenchers queued up to insist only a timetable for handing over power could restore the Government s authority. It was reported that a letter was being drawn up to be circulated for signature by up to 50 mainstream Labour MPs calling for an early end date to the Blair era. And three North-East Labour MPs - Blaydon MP Dave Anderson and Newcastle MPs Doug Henderson and Nick Brown - stepped forward to urge the Prime Minister to set a date for leaving Downing Street.
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