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I’ve seen some of the most run down high streets and retail areas in Britain. ‘Shopping city’ in Runcorn is up there for decay and dereliction.
This is the result of 40 years plus of ‘leave it to the market’ and letting people and communities rot. The idea of proper nation-wide planning is regarded by most people with power as either impossible or stupid.
‘Leave it to the market’ means that, actually, much of the U.K. outside of the M25 can go to shit because it’s not making anyone a ton of money.
Places like Runcorn don’t really matter if your bet is a post-industrial service economy. That happened.
Surplus places, surplus people.
Watch the full video on the @novaramedia YouTube channel.
Someone needs to make this series. If @novaramedia.com have the money, maybe they could? Or maybe we could help crowdfund? Needs to be like @aljazeera.com's #LabourFiles series. Then we share it far and wide.
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