Having grown up in Rochdale I can confirm it was no different in the 80s as it is today - a satellite town of Manchester. Indeed GM has the problem of too many of these satellite towns too close to M… (View Post)

I've been banging this same drum for ages. We're spending money wrong. We say we have no money to spend on basic maintenance, never mind to invest. And then we have to find the cash to deal… (View Post)

That might have worked earlier this year. But not now. (View Post)

Manchester is growing because of investment. You can't cut your way to growth, you have to invest in it. This is a lesson that we seem to have forgotten collectively because business has stopped… (View Post)

By me. As a pisstake. (View Post)