Mandelson: Brexit will unite Ireland
Former EU Commissioner Lord Peter Mandelson believes the impracticality of operating an EU border between the UK and Ireland will eventually lead to a united… Read More »Mandelson: Brexit will unite Ireland
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Don’t patronise us Boris
I’m sure most Remainers will be heartily irritated by the patronising tone of the Foreign Secretary this week. It was billed as an attempt to… Read More »Don’t patronise us Boris
Making a difference #1 – Ruth Turner
Downtown in Business is fortunate to have a stable of inspirational speakers who regularly rock up at our events to inspire and inform our members. A… Read More »Making a difference #1 – Ruth Turner
Drowning and Waving – Red Tape is strangling business
If EU Remainers are searching for a credible political force to represent them, then perhaps entrepreneurs and business owners should be doing the same thing.… Read More »Drowning and Waving – Red Tape is strangling business
No Pardon for Suffragettes!
PARDONS. This week’s commemoration of thirty-year-old women getting the vote in 1918 was marred for me by the suggestion that the women who resorted to… Read More »No Pardon for Suffragettes!
Uni’s not what it’s cracked up to be
Downtown is always ahead of the game, so this week even before George Osborne identified educational attainment as the biggest issue in the North-South divide,… Read More »Uni’s not what it’s cracked up to be
Truss gets the Downtown message
My 40 years of covering ministerial visits to the North have left me a bit jaded. They are billed as opportunities for ministers to get… Read More »Truss gets the Downtown message
Inspiring enterprise should be celebrated more
In a week when business and businessmen have, once again, had a bad press, I think it is important to remind ourselves that, on the… Read More »Inspiring enterprise should be celebrated more
Mayors Shine as National Politics Falls into Disarray
As a glass half full type of guy, I am usually able to see the positives in most things, but as we enter week four… Read More »Mayors Shine as National Politics Falls into Disarray
Carillion boost for Corbyn
The political tide should be running strongly for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In the week when he has tightened his grip on the party’s organisation,… Read More »Carillion boost for Corbyn
Time for a new party?
If anyone thought that there was an opportunity for a fresh start for the Prime Minister and the government in 2018, then that thinking was… Read More »Time for a new party?
Thin pickings for North in reshuffle
It’s a good job Justine Greening threw her toys out of the pram, or the North wouldn’t have a single Cabinet Minister after the reshuffle.… Read More »Thin pickings for North in reshuffle