Britain is going through a difficult time, when its sustained ability to punch above its weight, economically and diplomatically, is ebbing. The end of irrational exuberance found the country ill at ease with itself, with rising inequalities and unhealthy nationalism, just when it needs to be fleet-footed in recognising that many of the traditional pillars of its strengths have changed. The need is to recognise other supports and partners and find a new common purpose after the pandemic. I live in hope.

greater manchester strategy

I can't claim all the credit for this, as it was very much a team effort, but if there's one pen that conceptualised and followed it through - led in a word - that was mine. I think GMS an excellent single coherent framework on which to hang so much of what this forward-thinking place is going to do in the years to come.

Attached File: GMS.pdf