In a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference, the metro mayor talked about the struggles he faced working with the previous government
Steve Rotheram said his third term mayor of the Liverpool City Region is 'genuinely exciting' because now he is working with a Labour government, after suffering seven years of 'sub-optimal' prime ministers under the Tories. Despite his frustration with the previous government, he was able to name one Tory minister who impressed him.
' He added: 'Most relationships are based on trust. I couldn't trust most of those people down there. The best of the lot - and this might surprise you - was Michael Gove. He was a c**p dancer, but he could run a department. When you went down there and said, 'we want to do x, y and z', department-wise, they'd kick into gear.
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