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Boris Johnson’s hot take on the ditching of his ‘Levelling Up’ slogan got absolutely bodied – 17 top takedowns

Oonagh Keating. Updated July 10th, 2024

The new Labour Government has hit the ground running, with both predictable and surprise appointees, instant ditching of the Rwanda Scheme, talks with the junior doctors underway and Parliament reopened.

Keir Starmer is already off on his first international trip as PM, to the NATO summit, where he will discuss global security issues, such as whether or not Joe Biden can remember five words and spot the odd one out between an elephant, a hippo and an apple.

But before he jetted off to the US, Starmer hosted the Metro Mayors at Downing Street to ditch the impotent Levelling Up label and announce greater powers and interconnectivity for the regions.

The man who had overseen the creation of the Levelling Up policy, Boris Johnson, spotted the announcement and decided to give the country the benefit of his thoughts on the matter. Joy.

Axing levelling up shows lack of ambition and a failure to believe in this country’s potential. Labour will axe Brexit next. Then they will pointlessly whack up taxes. The drift backwards has begun.

And here’s actual footage of him formulating that hot take.

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In the fine tradition of many a Conservative before him, Johnson got Community Noted.

Labour didn't axe "levelling up," they renamed it to "local government" to focus on real improvements like economic growth and devolution, arguing the original term was just a slogan.

His post also got ratioed to bits, with comments like these vastly outnumbering shares.

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He’s obviously not coping well with irrelevance.

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The Mail warned that Starmer would wreck Britain in 100 days with his ‘supermajority’ and got owned into the next parliament

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