Perhaps there are lessons from Andy Street’s victory in the West Midlands.
But the two halves of any putative progressive alliance are divided. The intelligentsia may be against Brexit, but the working class is enthusiastically for it.
Will Andy Street adorn the front pages with a broad grin on his face, the newly-elected Conservative West Midlands Mayor?
A winding road through the Cumbria countryside helps to show, with many others like it, that small improvements can help make big things happen.
His meat and potatoes family-values message plays well.
To make STPs work, Ministers need to have the courage of their convictions. That starts with the NHS and social care budget, of which STPs should take full control.
Starting with creating a designated channel for them, and continuing by heavily promoting the Registered Travellers Service.
Every period of university expansion in this country has met with opposition.
CCHQ is recruiting campaign managers to fight in areas Labour has long taken for granted.
Some Labour councils have overcome their hostility and are helping to find sites.
A PFI contract fixing a cost to dispose of residual waste that was double the market rates.
Hosting the 2025 Northern Powerhouse EXPO would be bigger than the Olympics and the World Cup combined.
Mutuals and social enterprises in Liverpool and Manchester could be under threat.
Now is the time to spread more of the success beyond the South East.