Brexit is done – so what now?
The Tory leadership contest is long on time – but short on ideas. The 2019 election campaign promised to deliver Brexit. But now what? Truss nor Sunak appear to...
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ABOUT FRANK...
Frank McKenna is the founder and chief executive of Downtown in Business. Before establishing the Downtown brand Frank was a full time politician, serving as the leader of the North West Regional Assembly, deputy leader of Lancashire County Council and a Parliamentary Assistant. He was also the chairman of economic development company Lancashire Enterprises, and at the time Insider magazine described him as ‘the most powerful politician in the North West.’ The Financial Times said he was ‘New Labour’s man in the North.’
Since entering the world of business, Frank has served on the Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission; Liverpool Vision’s Strategic Planning board; and advisory boards on both the Lancashire and Liverpool Local Enterprise Partnership’s. From 2008-2013 he was a Non Executive Director of a hospital trust board.
With an impressive list of connections in both the public and private sector Frank is now acknowledged as one of the most influential business voices in the region. A regular public speaker, contributor to television news programmes and to business and political publications.
He spends his spare time at the gym, Goodison Park and with his family.
In Liz They Truss
Labour should not be complacent about Liz Truss. Frank McKenna warns Keir Starmer that the new Tory leader will be no pushover…
Johnson’s Legacy? Lies, Misdemeanours and Misjudgements
What is Boris Johnson’s legacy? Frank McKenna offers a scathing assessment of BJs time in office.
Going, going… but not yet gone
This week, Frank McKenna blogs about Boris Johnson’s non-resignation resignation!
The ‘peace dividend’ ends just at the wrong time
With the Governor of the Bank of England predicting a recession, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine smashing the ‘peace dividend’ and the prime minister indulging in economic Cake-ism, does the...
That was a week (and a half) that was
Frank McKenna attended high-level functions with both Labour and Conservative politicians this week – and he found both parties in good spirits.
If all else fails pick a fight with a Johnny Foreigner
In the absence of any coherent strategy to tackle the crisis the UK economy is facing, the PM has decided that the best way to hang onto his job...
Boris – A spendthrift PM who must become a Tory to have any chance of survival
If the PM has any chance of survival, he’ll have to become a Conservative. Frank McKenna’s latest blog focusses on the trials and tribulations of Boris Johnson.
Football needs to act before we suffer another tragedy
If another major football catastrophe is to be avoided, then UEFA, the FA, the police, clubs and supporters must all learn lessons from the horrific scenes witnessed at the...