General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Well, as an MP for a 'Northern' constituency, she is hardly able to endorse sir Keith Joseph's assertion that investment should be withheld from the North and a process of managed decline be pursued.

PS The Cabinet Office Record was ALTERED to avoid disclosure of this, at least as it pertained to Merseyside. This was disclosed in the 2011 release of previously classified material under the Thirty Years review. (Fortunately for Merseyside, Michael Heseltine, and not Keith Joseph got his way.