St, Helens South - St. Helens, remember, went almost entirely light blue last week - doesn't at first sight seem an obviously safe seat for Burnham to contest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio… (View Post)

I have lived in Greater Manchester for 80% of my years but have to my mild embarrassment never been - or even through - Ashton in Makerfield, Bryn or Abram! (View Post)

Again: we need buttons for 'I like this pun' / 'I spotted this pun' / 'I don't understand this pun'. FWIW, I do quite like this one. (View Post)

Central Stockport has, improbably, become somewhere I would very much choose to live if I was a twenty something. This was very much not how things were in the 90s. Two big factors have brought this … (View Post)

On Greater Manchester: clearly Manchester itself is doing well. But it's not at the expense of all the other towns: Altrincham is doing very well indeed, Stockport is on the up and despite perha… (View Post)