This is fun. Slidey map tools for London and Manchester (and hinterland) showing socio-economic change 2011-2021. Shows how much posher south Manchester and North Cheshire have got in the past ten ye… (View Post)

The paintings of northern industrial landscapes are interesting, well executed, and have been adopted by us in the NW as emblems. But I don't think they're a celebration. Lowry seems to me … (View Post)

The 4% fall in GDP compared to the counterfactual is completely implausible, but can never be proven nor disproven. But the fact that the French and German economies are getting hammered as much as, … (View Post)

That can't be right, surely? What if Sunak got hit by a bus? Surely the monarch would in practice just appoint the least controversial choice - which would surely be a cabinet member. Hunt, prob… (View Post)

I reckon between 50and 75. (View Post)