From what we can glean, Totale is at the centre of a plot – infiltrated and betrayed from the start – which aims at restoring the North to glory (perhaps to its Victorian moment of economic and industrial supremacy; perhaps to some more ancient pre-eminence, perhaps to a greatness that will eclipse anything that has come before). The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice. Although these have been periods of optimism, it’s clear that there is never a consistent plan of action to improve conditions in the North, and that’s down to the actions of successive Governments, of whatever political stripe.

The North East will rise again - UnHerd The North East will rise again - UnHerd

Every elite and young person educated in Britain regards any remaining pockets of British-ness as irredeemably racist and deplorable. What we need, then, is the "Programme as Broadcast" (PasB) document for Junior Choice for the weekend of 28/29 June 1980.None of you mention this, concerned more with titles “mayor” or “sheriff”, perpetuating the top down government we have had since Attlee.

The North Will Rise Again: Alex Niven fails to break new ground The North Will Rise Again: Alex Niven fails to break new ground

Will you tell us about your writing, for instance 'The North Will Rise Again' from 'Grotesque' what's it about? And whilst these places are a long way from Leeds, I think they do associate with York, Doncaster, and even Sheffield.Cheshire, my own northern citadel, is treated no less unkindly as a posh southern redoubt — hardly true of Crewe or Winsford, even if it is apt for Frodsham and Wilmslow. I'd always thought the line about 'drunken Highland men' was more about the 'invasion' of London by Scottish football fans when England played Scotland. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. For as John Tomaney has argued so cogently, “County Durham thrived when it had the power collectively to help itself”. More than a matter of regional railing against the capital, in Smith’s vision the North comes to stand for everything suppressed by urbane good taste: the esoteric, the anomalous, the vulgar sublime, that is to say, the Weird and the Grotesque itself.