Truss gets the Downtown message
25/01/2018
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
Inspiring enterprise should be celebrated more
25/01/2018
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
Mayors Shine as National Politics Falls into Disarray
18/01/2018
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
Carillion boost for Corbyn
18/01/2018
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,
Time for a new party?
11/01/2018
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
Thin pickings for North in reshuffle
11/01/2018
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.
After Brexit, a Corbyn government?
04/01/2018
The people haven’t risen up At this turn of the year I wait in vain for any sign that the British public has changed its
Mayoral Maelstrom
02/02/2012
Liverpool Council will vote on Tuesday to deny the people a vote on whether they want an elected mayor. Council leader Joe Anderson justifies this