<parody of American economists tweeting about Britain> it's amazing that the USA has any economic growth at all when everyone and everywhere is a NIMBY like this! </parody of American economists tweeting about Britain>

Even Milton Keynes, which feels big within the South, is small compared to small Northern places like Hull and Middlesbrough.

Lol no. You're the party of retirees.

Nope. Just delusional.

I can't even massively blame the authors. How can they know?

This booklet was written in the South. We know that. It's a Tory booklet. And nowhere does it hit as hard as on this 82 minute diesel train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds, just 35 miles. An average velocity of 26mph. Tax is NOT the main mechanism here. It may be where you are.

Yeah be candid about it!

FRS 17 on karaoke mode. Unreal.

Yawn

The Spotify Karaoke view absolutely slaps.

Hell yeah.

My train back from Manchester to Leeds is via Rochdale and Bradford. What better time to listen to Kemi Badenoch's future of the Tory party pitch at 1.5x speed on Spotify via AI narration?

Gotta be honest, I'm not tempted to outsource my software development to them.

I think I was quite clear.