Category Archives: The North

Mowbray Park – and the museum – then and now

Posted on January 5, 2012 by brian

As someone whose childhood was punctuated by visits to Mowbray Park, including obligatory ‘rides’ on the lions around the pond, I’ve always had a soft spot for this city centre gem. Browsing the Museum gift shop in search of Christmas … Continue reading →

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Vince on regional development: “the centre-piece has to be jobs”

Posted on June 20, 2011 by brian

Confession : I don’t have a great deal of faith in the Government’s regional policy.  £1.4bn of Regional Growth Fund money does not, in my view, a regional policy make. It’s less than half what the three northern Regional Development … Continue reading →

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Vince on Northern Rock : “It would be good if we could get a mutual buyer”

Posted on June 20, 2011 by brian

There aren’t many things that would tempt me to stand on a drizzly platform at Durham Station before 7am on a Saturday morning, but the Social Liberal Forum‘s conference is one of them. The fact I had an extra spring … Continue reading →

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#impartialityfail – Sunderland Council and the political tweet

Posted on May 28, 2011 by brian

Reading my twitter feed last night, amongst all the “OMG! Take That are in Sunderland” nonsense, I was surprised to see this tweet, retweeted by Sunderland Council’s official account: Yes, that is a ‘labourwin’ hashtag on the end of that. … Continue reading →

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Is Ed Miliband winning back Labour’s heartlands? The Hill View test.

Posted on April 30, 2011 by brian

Much has been written about the forthcoming local elections, and how Ed Miliband needs to win big.   But in large parts of the North, you’d be hard pushed to know there’s an election on, including here in Sunderland. I … Continue reading →

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It’s election time. No politics, please.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by brian

I was very amused to see this announcement in the letters page of tonight’s Sunderland Echo. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Echo does a great job – it’s far superior to the local papers we had to put … Continue reading →

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