Prime minister says ‘majority of journeys are by car’ as he avoids question on HS2 extension from Birmingham
Rishi Sunak described himself at least twice during his regional radio interview round as someone who lives in a rural area. This was when he was speaking to BBC Radio Shropshire and to BBC Radio Cornwall. Asked about housing problems, he told BBC Radio Cornwall:
What we are doing is giving councils far more power to manage that. And, it’s a tricky balance. I live in a very rural area of North Yorkshire. And, it’s great to live in place that people want to come and visit – that’s great for our local economy.
But, we’ve got to balance that with the needs of local communities and that’s why local councils are being given by this government more power to think about how they prioritise housing for local people. I do want to get on a build more homes for the next generation in a sensible way.
I’ll leave others to come to their own conclusions.
Who wouldn’t love to go on the Millennium Falcon and have that be your ship, so I would love to be able to do that. But then again also piloting an X-wing has been probably one of my life’s bucket list things I would want to do so actually if you could have a chat with the people who film the movies there.
