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Kids these days….

Chris McKenna, Director of Downtown in Business reflects on the media coverage and behaviour of the younger generation over the past few months.

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Bad Week for the Blusters.

Jim reflects on the potentially dangerous tactics of likely outgoing American President Trump, as well as a bad week for Boris Johnson and a good one for Keir Starmer.

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BIDEN WOULD BE GOOD FOR BRITAIN

President Biden would be good for Britain says Jim in his blog. Ahead of next week’s election he analyses the damaging instability Donald Trump has brought to world leadership. He also considers the real chance of violence if Trump is narrowly defeated.

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TURMOIL IN NORTHERN POLITICS. BURNHAM: LEADER OR SHOWBOATER?

Jim reflects on an exceptional period of political turbulence in the North. The Covid Crisis has raised questions about the real powers of elected mayors and devolution itself. North West Tory MPs have engaged in blue on blue combat and Labour has seen four resignations over Keir Starmer’s approach to national security.

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The Now and the Future

On both sides of the Atlantic, our leaders want us to look beyond the pandemic to a bright future. But in his blog, Jim says most people are stuck with the gtim realities of the present.

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