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The Reality of English Devolution

I think you've seen over recent times, it's not always going to be the case that a mayor who was elected to be their voice for their place will always then necessarily fall in with some of the kind of Westminster thinking. That isn't always going to happen. I mean, that's just a reality of devolution. Labour needs to kind of really adjust to that reality because it is the reality now. We do our job better when it's place first rather than party first. Of course, we're loyal to the party. We've kind of got that within us. But I have always in my six years in this role have been really true to a place first approach. And

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