MERSEY CHANNEL Channel 4’s new “national base” should be in Liverpool. The city has a great cultural tradition and potential location sites that would surely

If only Jeremy Corbyn hadn’t been elected leader of the Labour Party. If only people had voted to remain. If only Donald Trump hadn’t been

THE EXIT DOOR LOOMS. For me Christmas was the turning point for those of us hoping to stop Brexit. When the European Commission pretended sufficient

Corbyn and Cable falter The decade that’s nearing its end has been one of the most exciting in British politics. The demise of New Labour,

The city regions Whether it’s the power to direct the skills agenda that would best benefit northern business or yet another report recommending northern rail

I remember when seat belts and breathalysers were regarded as a gross infringement of motorist’s freedom. Smoke filled offices and pubs are of more recent

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

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

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,

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

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,

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.