Optimism cuts through the gloom at Convention of the North

The world may be a gloomy place, but optimism reigns in Preston at the Convention of the North

Kim McGuinness - Mayor of North East England - speaking flanked by other Metro Mayors and representatives of Lancashire County Council and Convention of the North Pic: The Lead

Welcome to the Convention of the North. It wouldn’t be a conference on the political interests of the entire North of England without attendees arriving late, grumbling about canc…