Sarah Lester (Guardian) neatly sums up the problem of centralised decision-making in the UK & the problem(s) it causes for the #north:  

'We need the government to see the north, not looking at us from London, but looking at the capital from “up here”, where the view is very different'!

Amen to that!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/06/rishi-sunak-cancelled-hs2-northern-voters-remember-this-betrayal