It’s Conservative conference time again, which means listening to multiple politicians make cringe speeches while jostling for position; fringe events that undermine everything going on in the main hall; and, this year, the probable scrapping of a £100bn infrastructure project that directly benefits the city they are in. If HS2 ends up as a train from Old Oak Common to Birmingham, Sunak should pay for it himself, or at least the three-quarters he could afford.
Let’s take a look at what has been going on so far in the fiefdom of Andy Burnham.
