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Britain's northern belt turned into a powerful electoral reservoir for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who gave him an overwhelming majority in the elections for the end of the world 2019 in a historic shift in the electoral behavior of these areas, many of which were historically calculated on the Labor Party.

This is not the first time that these regions have turned into a Trojan horse that suddenly turns the scales, as they have played a role in tipping the hand of withdrawal at the expense of the option to stay during the exit referendum from the European Union.

Boris Johnson knows that these regions that have abandoned their vote for decades for Labor and decided to give the Conservatives their votes and thus a majority in Parliament are waiting for him to fulfill the promises he made during the election campaign to restore the "golden days" of the northern belt of the Kingdom.

It was no coincidence that Johnson's first tour immediately after taking over as prime minister was for those regions, again promising that he would bring economic prosperity.

Johnson plays on the sensitive string of northern residents, as there is a significant decrease in the number of immigrants, unlike the capital London, which is seen as a pampered "city of immigrants" that receives generous support from the government at the expense of the north, which paid for the austerity policies pursued by the British governments since the economic crisis. The year 2008.

In order for Johnson to devote his strong presence in the British north, he decided to take a symbolic and expressive step by transferring the celebration of the exit from the European Union on January 31 this year to the north and holding a meeting of his government there with the aim of "discussing the plan to advance the conditions of poor northern cities", and Johnson hopes that this will turn Cities into a solid electoral base for his party supports him in upcoming election stations.

Boris Johnson promised to create free zones in northern ports that were prohibited by European Union laws (Reuters)

Johnson's Temptations
British northern cities created the event in the last elections after the Labor Party lost more than 34 seats there. It was considered historical seats for the opposition party and did not lose it for more than half a century. Then, most analyzes said that these areas did not vote for the Conservative Party as much as they voted for the option to leave the union European, who was defended by Johnson and also for his promises to restore respect for these regions.

The greatest temptation the British Prime Minister presented to these cities was his promise to create free zones in the northern ports, and this means that the materials that will reach the northern ports will be tax free, which will entice international commercial companies to invest there, and Johnson says he wants to create from these cities a region Similar to Hong Kong and Singapore.

The barrier to establishing a free zone in the northern ports was the laws of the European Union, but after the withdrawal, the government was able to launch this project, which will bring a lot of traffic to the northern cities of its ports, and according to the government's expectations, this project would create more than 150 thousand jobs.

But these regions will have to wait for the end of this year, to end the transition phase out of the European Union, and yet Johnson succeeded in pulling the rug from under the feet of the Labor Party in those areas that have become the focus of "opposing the European Union" and raising the slogan "Britain to the British."

Exorbitant cost
Population density in the north of Britain is half of its counterpart in the regions of the south, where there are about 15 million people in the northern cities out of 60 million citizens who are the total population of Britain, while in the south the population is 29 million, and despite that these areas always feel injustice and that they are "kidnapped from The European Union is among the immigrants, "and for this reason, it has descended with all its weight with the option of" Brexit "and the policies of the Conservative Party which it says aim to limit the flow of immigrants.

The numbers confirm that the northern belt of Britain, and although it does not constitute a demographic weight in the country, it benefits from the membership of the European Union, there are many international companies that have their factories there and create thousands of jobs, which they announced will withdraw once the country exits the European bloc.

Among these companies, there is the Japanese group "Nissan" for the manufacture of cars, which created through its manufacturing chain more than 30 thousand jobs since 1986, in addition to its contribution to raising the incomes of the northern cities. These revenues are expected to decline by 11% in the event of a new trade agreement between The European Union and the United Kingdom, but in the absence of an agreement, this percentage will reach 16% and the loss of 8 thousand jobs after the Japanese company announced that it will transfer a lot of its activities to Europe.

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In the northwest, which voted heavily in favor of Johnson, who is in the presence of many chemical, transportation and export industries, it is expected to see an economic decline of 12%.

The newspaper "The Guardian" expects that 22,500 jobs are threatened in the northern regions, especially in the event of an exit without an agreement.

Labor Party member Mona Ishaq sees in statements to Al Jazeera Net that Britain's northern belt took revenge on Jeremy Corbyn because he did not defend the idea of ​​withdrawing from the European Union, adding that these areas are considered to be areas of influence of former Labor Party leader Tony Blair, and the last is in sharp disagreement with Corbin, That is why he sees no objection to her losing the fall of Corbin.

And Isaac asserts that these cities voted for Johnson because in her view, he is able to get the country out of the European Union, and this is her basic demand that she does not want to deviate from.