I was watching a YouTube video that was actually about Hull's new Reform Mayor, Luke Campbell, who had said that he backs the green sector in the region, and will fight for the jobs it provides - directly against the policy of his party.
What caught my attention was the statement that the Youtuber made: "Economic arguements do not work to gain votes." He went on to quote Sure Start, which could be shown to give more back to the economy than it costs. His argument was that, to get more votes you need to move jobs from the area you don't want, in this case fossil fuels, to the area you do want, in this case green power, as "economic arguements do not work to gain votes". He also explained why Reform was suggesting the opposite and why it was worth them doing that but my interest was in this idea of jobs before general economics.
Is he right?
If you want to watch the original piece it's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a816Sja0vM
