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Tory blunder - Green response

See the article below on why some Tories seem to think people should be paid to move from Liverpool, southwards...

 So much for Cameron's caring sharing image! This proposal is insulting to northern English people.
 
By contrast: The Green Party believes in real regional development. Alone among Britain's political Parties, we oppose the over-heating of the economy in the south / east of the country, that policies such as those discussed in this thinktank report would redouble. It is stupid to cram loads more people into houses -- and onto roads -- in my Region and the SouthEast, when there are places in the north of the country where housing and space are available, and real development is actually needed.

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