Lander Lee
@landerlee.bsky.social
Tbf, I do this every year in the run up to my wife’s birthday and I’ve got two Masters degrees.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Tbf, I do this every year in the run up to my wife’s birthday and I’ve got two Masters degrees.
Have I read that timescale right? From idea to built fully in 7 years? If so, we could do with bringing some of that interwar grit and wit to the 2020s.
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Have I read that timescale right? From idea to built fully in 7 years? If so, we could do with bringing some of that interwar grit and wit to the 2020s.
There will be a savings target of £100m minimum for eliminating DEI initiatives.
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There will be a savings target of £100m minimum for eliminating DEI initiatives.
How dreadful! Training (and learning from) the fresh batch of graduates my work takes on each year is the most rewarding element of my job. Don’t really get the same vibe from ChatGPT.
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How dreadful! Training (and learning from) the fresh batch of graduates my work takes on each year is the most rewarding element of my job. Don’t really get the same vibe from ChatGPT.
Does Liverpool really want a load of high rises in its city centre? I’ve always loved the sense of history that comes from the heritage buildings in the city centre.
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Does Liverpool really want a load of high rises in its city centre? I’ve always loved the sense of history that comes from the heritage buildings in the city centre.
Rob looks quite the bruiser…so more of an FT version of Jason Statham for me.
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Rob looks quite the bruiser…so more of an FT version of Jason Statham for me.
I think he felt like it spoiled the taste of his ciggies.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I think he felt like it spoiled the taste of his ciggies.
I just skip the garlic in recipes; I take it as an opportunity to honour the memory of my Grandad who referred to the stuff as ‘foreign muck’.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I just skip the garlic in recipes; I take it as an opportunity to honour the memory of my Grandad who referred to the stuff as ‘foreign muck’.
I’m guessing several ears might have received a clip if permission wasn’t requested to borrow those shoes!
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m guessing several ears might have received a clip if permission wasn’t requested to borrow those shoes!
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.