I spy with my little eye – a Tory lie
22/02/2018
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am not a huge fan of Jeremy Corbyn. I could come up with some solid reasons
Mandelson: Brexit will unite Ireland
22/02/2018
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
Don’t patronise us Boris
15/02/2018
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
Making a difference #1 – Ruth Turner
15/02/2018
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
Drowning and Waving – Red Tape is strangling business
08/02/2018
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.
No Pardon for Suffragettes!
08/02/2018
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
Uni’s not what it’s cracked up to be
01/02/2018
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,
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