I knew nothing about this and had to look it up. There's an informative article on the Globe website (below). New Brighton seems to have benefitted from the artwork springing up around the place; New Ferry has suffered a lot and still needs more substantial help than artwork, but if it brightens the place up for the locals maybe it will help to lift spirits a bit.
"While he thought businesses in New Chester Road were doing ok"
Errrm, just how many derelict and empty shops are there? He clearly hasn't looked for a long time. Shop windows have been getting smashed recently as well.
There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
