At the #DowningStreet Keir Starmer press conference, Amanda Pritchard was described as Chief Executive of the #NHS. She is not. Health policy That's Devolved. She is Chief Executive of #NHSEngland. Are we going to have another five years of media #devolution denial? #sayEngland

'Non-political'? In what sense? Certainly, democratically unaccountable- in the House of Lords. Technocratic pragmatism as a statecraft is ideological too. To govern is to choose, politically. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Lie. We didn't reject a change; we rejected AV.

In BBC Radio 5 Live coverage this morning frequent references to 'planning reform in Britain' when the National Planning Policy Planning applies to #England. Housing targets are for #England alone. Wes Streeting MP #NHS policy applies to #England alone. #sayEngland That's Devolved

'In #England'. #sayEngland That's Devolved bbc.com/news/articles/…

'Not Britain's planning system'. It is #England's, not Britain's!!. Mandatory housing targets for #England, not Britain! The #GreenBelt in #England. 1.5 million homes for #England. This was a speech about building in #England. #sayEngland That's Devolved bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Health and social care policy That's Devolved to Wales and the Welsh Senedd. How is it then democratically legitimate for the Keir Starmer government to appoint an MP for a Welsh constituency to make policy for health and social care in #England? It's like John Reid deja vu.

Please add 'for England' to this ministry, and to the Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education. If it is an end to gimmicks and slogans, then please abandon the 'country first, party second' slogan/gimmick. The 'country' here means #England. #sayEngland bbc.com/news/articles/…

Serial underinvestment and understaffing have had a stunning effect upon the #NHS. #PFI built hospitals are also stunningly bad value for money. Who ordered them? Some heavy-duty public expectation management going on here. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

#Education and skills policy That's Devolved. T-levels apply only in #England. 'The country that must benefit this time' is #England', not 'Britain'. We need strong institutions, policies and investment, directly accountable to the people of #England. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

For the first report of the #CovidInquiry, it was the UK government and those of the devolved nations which were not prepared, not 'Britain'. Because it governs #England, but also was supposed to lead the UK, the UK government's failure was the greatest. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What a performance by #EnglandU20s. A fitting end to the championship.

Please correct your The Guardian article's map to read 'Hornsea 1' and 'Hornsea 2 ', not 'Hornsey'. #Hornsea is in the East Riding of #Yorkshire. You have referenced #Hornsey in London. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Housing policy That's Devolved. This is a plan aiming to get #England building, not 'Britain'. And yet, as always with The Labour Party, #England as a nation and demos has been linguistically cleansed, a British nationalist trait shared with previous governments. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Britain'? Housing policy That's Devolved to #Scotland, #Wales and #Northernreland.The National Planning Policy Framework applies to #England, not 'Britain'. If they work,these policies may get #England building, not 'Britain'. #sayEngland theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'A self-confident country, at ease with itself', does that 'ease' extend to naming that 'country'? Niine references in this speech to 'our country', but not one to #England, the country whose 'every part' the Department for Culture, Media and Sport website states it supports. #sayEngland gov.uk/government/spe…

Liz Truss is on a pro-Trump speaking tour. So we dropped a strategically-positioned remote-controlled lettuce banner 🥬

But in 2024 housing and planning policy That's Devolved. 'Britain' of 1947 is no more. The focus is #England. To 'Get England building' requires English local government funding/powers to be restored, and technical skills to be properly funded. #sayEngland theguardian.com/commentisfree/…