The Policy Exchange, a “centre right” think tank, has suggested in a new report that people in Liverpool and some other places in the north should abandon their cities, which are “beyond revival”, and move down south.
While that is undoubtedly a daft suggestion aimed at stirring up controversy, the fact remains that Liverpool is a [...]

North West Tonight reported today that Manchester city council is ready to launch legal action against the government when it formally axes the proposed supercasino in the city. It claims to have also “learned” that the city “definitely” won’t be getting the development. Which is all a bit baffling, since the Manchester Evening News reported [...]

While it’s probably advisable not to get sucked into the largely fatuous online “debate” Channel 4 is trying to stoke up, I found it a bit daft that Manchester was rated the 17th worst place to live in a “Best and Worst” list on Channel 4 last night.
As is usual with this annual feast of [...]

Someone sent me a croissant and some jam in a lunchbox today. It’s about the weirdest thing I’ve ever been sent in the mail. It also came with a mug, a teabag and a sachet of instant coffee.
Luckily there was a letter to explain. The idea was that instead of dragging me out to wherever [...]

I’ve just watched Andrew Gilligan on Channel 4’s Dispatches present a compelling story about a property developer who donated £5,000 to the Manchester Labour Party a few weeks before being chosen as preferred bidder for a casino in the city. None of the councillors involved declared an interest, although they were subsequently cleared of wrongdoing [...]