Lander Lee
@landerlee.bsky.social
Have the respective PMs wasted their majorities or is the country just a bit ungovernable these days?
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Have the respective PMs wasted their majorities or is the country just a bit ungovernable these days?
My instinct (wish I was resourceful enough to research the issue) is that there is a bifurcation between folks in GM that have reason (work, education) to travel regularly in and out of the CC and those that don’t. The first group have been well served by the GM project, the second much less so.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
My instinct (wish I was resourceful enough to research the issue) is that there is a bifurcation between folks in GM that have reason (work, education) to travel regularly in and out of the CC and those that don’t. The first group have been well served by the GM project, the second much less so.
Thanks for sharing. I’ll take some time to read and reflect.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Thanks for sharing. I’ll take some time to read and reflect.
Lots of families and young people, rooted in their local town, rarely visiting the city regional centre, etc.
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Lots of families and young people, rooted in their local town, rarely visiting the city regional centre, etc.
Thanks for taking time to engage. Entirely possible that I’m wrong, but having done 20 + years of community work in GM, I’ve always been struck by the disconnect between many of the folks I’ve met and GM’s economic dev story.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thanks for taking time to engage. Entirely possible that I’m wrong, but having done 20 + years of community work in GM, I’ve always been struck by the disconnect between many of the folks I’ve met and GM’s economic dev story.
I fear that the feet of clay in the GM system design (forgive clumsy language) was taking too long to see outer boroughs as places will distinct civic identities.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I fear that the feet of clay in the GM system design (forgive clumsy language) was taking too long to see outer boroughs as places will distinct civic identities.
Turning that attention into action that delivers meaningful improvements for people living in the 9 other boroughs could be the defining challenge for GM in the coming years.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Turning that attention into action that delivers meaningful improvements for people living in the 9 other boroughs could be the defining challenge for GM in the coming years.
A rare occasion where the GM project actually delivered something for one of the outer boroughs at the expense of Manchester!
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A rare occasion where the GM project actually delivered something for one of the outer boroughs at the expense of Manchester!
Please forgive the pedantry, but the Lowry’s in Salford - Manchester’s cooler, more knowing little sister!
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please forgive the pedantry, but the Lowry’s in Salford - Manchester’s cooler, more knowing little sister!
Bet MMU top brass are glad they binned him off as chancellor too!
September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Bet MMU top brass are glad they binned him off as chancellor too!
Thank you. Right, the kids are going to have to entertainment themselves this morning, whilst I root through the garage to find my copy from 2001!
August 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thank you. Right, the kids are going to have to entertainment themselves this morning, whilst I root through the garage to find my copy from 2001!
What a great book! Congratulations on a brilliant article too. Did you ask her whether she ever comes back to Manchester? Contemporary Chorlton / South Manchester is so different from the place she describes in her memoir.
August 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What a great book! Congratulations on a brilliant article too. Did you ask her whether she ever comes back to Manchester? Contemporary Chorlton / South Manchester is so different from the place she describes in her memoir.
No brown in town, old boy.
January 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
No brown in town, old boy.
At least you can get some semblance of revenge by ignoring their turgid press releases.
December 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
At least you can get some semblance of revenge by ignoring their turgid press releases.
Many thx for reply. I’m sure that devolution can bring benefits with time, but I think the electorate is pretty impatient for change after 15 years of national stagnation. I suppose my worry is that current Lab approach (tight public spending, devo deals) amounts to reheated osbornomics.
December 17, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Many thx for reply. I’m sure that devolution can bring benefits with time, but I think the electorate is pretty impatient for change after 15 years of national stagnation. I suppose my worry is that current Lab approach (tight public spending, devo deals) amounts to reheated osbornomics.
I don’t wish to sound like a troll but I feel like devo is something that excites policy wonks but hasn’t really had much of an impact on people’s day to day lives. I’m not sure that, as yet, the average person in a place like Greater Manchester has seen that much benefit from 10 years of devo.
December 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I don’t wish to sound like a troll but I feel like devo is something that excites policy wonks but hasn’t really had much of an impact on people’s day to day lives. I’m not sure that, as yet, the average person in a place like Greater Manchester has seen that much benefit from 10 years of devo.
In my late 40s, I still recall vividly how thrilled I was, as a fresher, when my history of political thought prof told me I described a couple of concepts with ‘a rare level of acuity’. I was chuffed, even though I didn’t know what acuity meant.
December 8, 2024 at 8:36 PM
In my late 40s, I still recall vividly how thrilled I was, as a fresher, when my history of political thought prof told me I described a couple of concepts with ‘a rare level of acuity’. I was chuffed, even though I didn’t know what acuity meant.
My daughter is dyslexic and has found that reading a book whilst also listening to the audio version has helped her. You just have to slow down the audio.
December 4, 2024 at 5:39 PM
My daughter is dyslexic and has found that reading a book whilst also listening to the audio version has helped her. You just have to slow down the audio.
Air fryer baskets and the cord for the kettle
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Air fryer baskets and the cord for the kettle
Manosphere podcaster? Definitely got a Cockney Joe Rogan vibe.
December 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Manosphere podcaster? Definitely got a Cockney Joe Rogan vibe.
Was really excited when Martin Lewis started following me, only for it to turn out to be a fake acc😩
November 30, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Was really excited when Martin Lewis started following me, only for it to turn out to be a fake acc😩
Agent at JFK: I’m closed
Me: Sorry to bother you
Agent: Get back behind that line and shut the door
Me: Sorry to bother you
Agent: Get back behind that line and shut the door
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Agent at JFK: I’m closed
Me: Sorry to bother you
Agent: Get back behind that line and shut the door
Me: Sorry to bother you
Agent: Get back behind that line and shut the door