He added: “The most important thing is that we have a good candidate who can lead the region towards greater devolution and pulling more stuff from Westminster’s dead hand of control.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-east-mayor-devolution-tory-25894962

We actually CAN create sunlit uplands if we harness what’s already on offer without the dead hand of a London government and its obsessive feathering of the South East of England’s nest.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23809260.must-move-quickly-convince-swithering-soft-unionists/?ref=rss

You do not sense the dead hand of head office, as you might in the surrounding places.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jun/18/la-gamba-london-a-pleasing-take-on-the-spanish-repertoire-restaurant-review