Yesterday the Conference of the North was held in Manchester, the biggest annual gathering of northern politicians and leaders in the calendar.
It seemed horribly appropriate that on the day the north came together to shout with one increasingly weary voice about the neglect it continues to suffer at the hands of central government, that those of us travelling across the region were hit by travel chaos and woe.
As I woke up and checked my travel options for the fairly short 30 mile journey from Liverpool to central Manchester I was met with a familiar sight. Before 8am TransPennine Express (TPE), one of the main train operators in the north had already cancelled more than 50 services.
