Originally Posted by
petromax
You have to say Manchester has done very well out of having a council of the same colour as the government.
The NWDA is the head agency for regeneration in the region. If you read the NWDA recently published strategy document (as Chris Grayling clearly has) you can see that their plans for Manchester are for it to be a quote: 'world class city' and for Liverpool to be supplementary (only) to Manchester's leadership in the region. Does anyone here want this?
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In case anyone has any doubt as to the bias of the NWDA, the chairman is Sir Richard Reese, also leader of Manchester city council. QED!
On this basis alone, I for one would be happy to see the back of the NWDA and decisions about Liverpool made in Liverpool.
Manchester did well by being well organised. Being the same political colour helps by the fact you know many of the government people.
The Liverpool Council and MPs should have shouted from the heaven about the NWDA. If they did the situation would be different. The blame is mainly in Liverpool.
HSBC projected that Liverpool would be one of 5 UK super-cities. Liverpool can use that as leverage for any bias towards Manchester. At this rate Liverpool will end up a village.
The local politicos should ignore the NWDA.
Liverpool does not have much of a clue to project the city. The CofC has been forgotten, now they have to produce tangible results. Why aren't they all screaming for a Merseyrail/Manchester/London line station at the airport? The likes of Manchester laughs at Liverpool when they see the council turn down the world-class Brunswick Quay Tower.
NO provincial city would be so crass as to do such a thing.
That Tory goon was right that a Labour Council would be better, which he seems to be implying. He is from Bucks and represents Epsom in Surrey. What is he after? Manchester is a great success and most of the country thinks so. He is trying to discredit Manchester because they are Labour and a Labour success story? Me thinks so. No Tory lauds Liverpool unless there is an ulterior motive.
BTW, the Tories are not definitely going to get in next time. A long way to go until the election. The upturn is here and the government is getting world-wide credit for putting in the rescue plan.
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