Brexit 10 years on: Time the North took back control through devolution (opens in new tab)

Into the mixing bowl went a background of austerity, NHS promises, notions of identity, a sense of threat, and frustrations around being controlled by the decisions of external powers in Brussels - and out of the oven came a successful leave campaign with a strong story, a big red bus, and a snappy slogan to 'take back control.' Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged this effective narrative, when in 2023 he argued the need for control was the “something very important sitting behind th...