"There's a bumpy ride ahead, there is political turmoil coming."
These are perhaps not the words you would want to hear from the mayor of a city that is recovering from one of the biggest political scandals in recent years. But Joanne Anderson, who took over in the wake of that scandal, is not one to mince her words.
Mayor Anderson was an unlikely figure to step in to the breach left by her similarly-named predecessor after he was arrested as part of a corruption investigation that engulfed Liverpool Council and sparked a government inspection that lifted the lid on years of failings and problems.
