We are about to start two new towers mate, building a new school in the city centre and a medical centre and a park. (In fact two parks! One of the towers a blade shape and 51 storeys and absolutely iconic. Another one 50 storeys in greengate. That skyline will look very different again in a few years time. Also have planning for a circular tower. Huge huge investment and jobs.
A lot of students deferred this year so we will be bursting next year. The new arena is coming and also the factory will be huge.
I have never been more confident that things will bounce back stronger than ever. The people of this city are something else and investment in this city will be immense. Lots of pension funds from all over the world have Manchester in their sites. Huge American funds.
How good will it be 54,000 lovely souls at the etihad! (That will be 62.000 far quicker than people would guess) It is weeks away!! (Might be 30 weeks but we can handle that!)
And I don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks Boris has been simply beautiful in leading us through this horrific year. An immense strong man with flaws, a history and issues just like all of us.
Brilliant post and really enjoyed the sentiment up until the final paragraph.
Mods, apologies in advance... but I have to take issue with the pro Johnson nonsense. Johnson a strong man?! Even the pro Tory media have him down as a weak leader, dominated by his advisers or his fiancé (depending on which paper you read). His indiscision, miscommunication and general incompetence has led us to worse numbers than significantly larger European nations. The pandemic isn't over and the fall out from this 5 day Christmas COVID holiday may well see us return to another lockdown which could be avoided.
Johnson's flaws are that he's a self serving, proven liar who has been sacked or had to resign from every job he's ever had. His history is littered with controversies and his issues shouldn't be an excuse for his inability to lead the country.
Even today, with the vaccine news the Tories tried to claim that Brexit enabled us to move quickly, a claim contradicted by the MHRA who confirmed that in actual fact this was due to existing provisions under European Law, which is in place till 1st Jan.
The vaccine is great news, there was no need to start playing brexit bullshit, but they can't help themselves.
There's reasons to be positive for 2021 and good reason for Manchester in particular, but it will be in spite of Boris pissing Johnson, not because of him.