A more trenchant reaction came from the Labour leader of Gravesham council, Cllr John Burden, who effectively accused the government of cherry-picking areas where it had more support.

Source: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/opinion/levelling-up-is-political-confetti-thrown-against-backdrop-280915/

In May 1991, Daily Mail columnist Paul Johnson, who died last week, wrote this trenchant analysis of the NHS.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11635725/This-article-NHS-written-32-years-ago-PAUL-JOHNSON-died-week-rings-true.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Then debuted, with more trenchant and sophisticated properties than just about anything that had appeared on US television to date.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/23/rupert-murdoch-made-his-own-rules-what-is-the-media-moguls-real-legacy