The snow must go on

By Adrian Pearson on Feb 12, 09 06:18 PM

Excuse the obligatory weather pun there, the season has taken hold of me.

So, that was Caroline Flint, newly European minister and making good of it so far.
As with most cabinet ministers, she said nothing to suggest there was anything the Government could have done better in terms of EU funding, and we wouldn't really expect her to.

The interview was at NaREC, which in the gloomy, grey light of a snow-swept Tyneside afternoon looked, as Ms Flint said, like a scene from a creepy horror movie.

As with many of these things, the press, me, was kept waiting before the interview while others picked her brain. But instead of the normal queue of media-types wanting their ten minutes, it seems she was been grilled by NaREC bosses and Chris Pywell.

Mr Pywell, for those who don't know, is the One North East officer in charge of strategic economic change. Which I'm assured has nothing to with crystal balls, horoscopes, tarot cards or Joseph-like dream interpretation.

He instead is the man who has to make sure we're training up for the right jobs, and then making sure those jobs exist. I wasn't privy to the conversation, but I would imagine it was a sort of "we're building our economy around these turbine thingys Caroline, whatever you do, don't water down any EU energy legislation".
Your tax money at work I'd say.

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