Even if the zoom zoom whizz whizz projects are built - high speed rail, tramways, concert halls and football stadiums - there won’t be any renaissance until we pull the right levers.
On the other hand and as an occasional visitor from down south, northern cities have something still going for them. Maybe some more youth and energy, maybe they’re just more affordable and offer a better quality of life. Westminster pushes in the opposite direction by making it harder and harder to conduct any business, whether manufacturing or professional.
We have to stop pushing economic growth and development as some kind of end in it their own right, as a societal good that delivers a better future for all of us. We've gone way beyond what is sustainable or within the limits of our planetary boundaries and there needs to be a reset to plan for the future. Deregulation is not the answer because it just creates more unsustainable problems and leads us into a bleak future. Maybe have a read of the Nature security assessment and you'll see what I mean. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nature-security-assessment-on-global-biodiversity-loss-ecosystem-collapse-and-national-security
On the other hand and as an occasional visitor from down south, northern cities have something still going for them. Maybe some more youth and energy, maybe they’re just more affordable and offer a better quality of life. Westminster pushes in the opposite direction by making it harder and harder to conduct any business, whether manufacturing or professional.
We have to stop pushing economic growth and development as some kind of end in it their own right, as a societal good that delivers a better future for all of us. We've gone way beyond what is sustainable or within the limits of our planetary boundaries and there needs to be a reset to plan for the future. Deregulation is not the answer because it just creates more unsustainable problems and leads us into a bleak future. Maybe have a read of the Nature security assessment and you'll see what I mean. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nature-security-assessment-on-global-biodiversity-loss-ecosystem-collapse-and-national-security