Really pleased to have written this piece in the latest edition of Renewal!
As a proud Bristolian, I have often been less proud of how its politics play out.
Looking jealously at Manchesterism, I took a deep (& opinionated) dive into the (non)workings of devolution in the West of England…
Free to read: @sellottie.bsky.social on the failures of devolution in the West of England, and "Bristolism" as a funhouse mirror to Andy Burnham's "Manchesterism"
renewal.org.uk/articles/the...