Wait until you see how trump just referred to Canada as a state with Trudeau as it's governer. Somehow he's speedrunning insanity.

Also, apropos of this wave of regeneration; is there a way for people to flag potential opportunities to the council? I note there are a significant number of national schemes/facilities/investments looking for a home and frankly why not here?

I'm always happy to put my time where my mouth is. Happy to contribute my (limited) expertise if I can.

Good ideas are always easier than good action - no doubt. I will always favour optimism for the town over the alternative though!

The people demand n'th wave Ska, famously characterised by infinite trumpets.

Also had such gems as "we had lots of guns here too and lots of gun problems until we gave them all to Ukraine".
(I can't begin to parse this one).
Tonight the man is sat alone looking defeated.

Last night a British man got into a highly political dispute with his American colleague whilst trying to impress him with statements such as "everyone in the UK can agree that the NHS is the most capitalist healthcare service in the world, yours is pure socialist by comparison".