Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne Mayor

THE BOILING FROG OF CLIMATE CHANGE If you put a frog into boiling […]

ABOUT TIME WE CLEANED UP POLITICS Owen Paterson, MP In George Orwell’s “1984” […]

Allan Wells. Anthony Joshua. Linford Christie. Chris Boardman. Nicola Adams. Pythagoras. Eliud Kipchoge. […]

Cooperation is what makes humans special. Just look at the vaccine roll out. […]

Talent was in the North East last week, along with Hollywood fever.  The […]

When we talk about transport there are two questions. First, what transport system […]

From B&Bs in Berwick to micro pubs in Newcastle, small businesses across our […]

Town planning is as old as cities. The Romans did it. In fact, […]

Most political leaders get to choose their cabinets – local authority leaders, Scottish […]

There’s something rotten in the state of Britain. In 1963, Cabinet Minister John […]

Stewart Lee was once given some advice on how to earn a living […]

The notion of a job for life is fast receding. Not so long […]

I just about remember the TV show ‘When the Boat Comes In’. It […]

The death of Nigel Todd I have a packet of Northumberland Wildflower Seeds […]

When I was a ward councillor for Monument – Newcastle City Centre – […]

In 1929 the Roaring Twenties plummeted to earth with the Wall Street Crash. […]

As a political insider, not much in politics shocks me. But I was […]

BUILD BACK FAIRER Sunday February 28, 2021 “Build Back Better” has become the […]

The climate emergency.

“Shall we meet online or in real life?” This increasingly common question speaks […]

The North of Tyne was given the target of creating 10,000 jobs over […]

Did you know the 2nd February is Groundhog Day? At this very moment […]

Is 24-hour rolling news really unprecedented? Do you remember when you were a […]

Democracy is a powerful idea. Everyone gets an equal say, no matter your […]

January, it’s said, is named after the Roman god Janus. He’s depicted having […]

Real wellbeing requires abundant green and blue spaces The places where we live […]

21 December 2020 2020 has definitely been a challenge and made us all […]

It’s said that the distance between the Government and Opposition benches in the […]

Are metro mayors properly scrutinised? That’s a question I was asked at last […]

The new series of The Crown has started on Netflix, covering the 1980s […]

The North East’s rail network has an unusual geography. We’re almost an island […]

Sunday November 1, 2020 On September 18th, the North East’s council leaders and […]

Jamie Driscoll’s ‘week-in-a-minute’ for week commencing 1 November 2020 is here:

A Million Reasons to Act … Unprecedented times demand unprecedented measures. That’s the […]

This week the Mayor talks about the combined action of northern mayors in […]

Jamie is interviewed by Sky TV on Saturday 10 October 2020. Here he […]

Our socialist mayor’s latest update on the week. Jamie has been busy – […]

Boilers on prescription might not sound like an obvious link to radical devolution. […]

    My highlights from last week, in under a minute: pic.twitter.com/NOuH5iOH7g — […]

Unemployment is the worst of the economic scourges. Pundits obsess about debt-to-GDP ratio, […]

How would you feel if someone broke the law, took £480 of your […]

I was listening to radio last week, and on came Michael Heseltine, bigging-up […]

Oliver Twist sums up the relationship between central government and the North. There’s […]

Politicians are terrified of U-turns. They look indecisive. 200,000 kids have had to […]

Culture is the sum total of how we express ourselves as humans.  Culture […]

Why is it that when someone supports #BlackLivesMatter, someone replies, “All lives matter!” […]

Billionaires are not inevitable (18-05-20) “Our secret superpower is our ability to cooperate”. […]