Is this leadership? PM Sunak dumped the housing targets due to pressure from Tory members, back benchers and councillors. A consistent story of , un Conservative nationally imposed targets he said, in his ConservativeHome interview yesterday. But ‘Let’s talk about home ownership’ he says. It is all about striking the right balance he adds. It is about releasing enough brownfield sites. Paul Goodman, the interviewer asks about the need for sticks and carrots as he called the targets for new homes. The PM can only stress once more the opposition from the local Conservatives. He is very impressed by local opposition. Quite right. Sadly he lives in the planning past. About 1984. George Orwell had it right. And Sunak cannot even see the hole his party is in. Oh dear!
Ian Campbell
14 April 2023
