A pedant notes: Manchester Town Hall is the building from which Manchester City Council is run. The GREATER Manchester Combined Authority - and therefore, I think, the mayor - is based in Churchgate … (View Post)

I think the likes of that particular MP think that 'bond markets' are in the UK so have to do what the government tells them. I don't think it's clicked that these are foreigners … (View Post)

Just to relate all this to the real world - I've just overheard a conversation between two youngsters in the lift at work (remember, public sector job, Greater Manchester): Youth A: You know And… (View Post)

That's my view. We have been buffeted by a barrage of events for the last 6 years, principally COVID, to which our response took little account of the economic impact of our actions. It was a ba… (View Post)

Just to relate all this to the real world - I've just overheard a conversation between two youngsters in the lift at work (remember, public sector job, Greater Manchester): Youth A: You know And… (View Post)