The latest blue sky thinking from local government. But if they seriously think this will help the regional economy then why stop at shops? Why not commission designers to come up with a flat-packed shipyard and a cardboard Waldorf? How about projecting videos of steelworkers disappearing into derelict factories and Hollywood starlets walking up red carpets in the Eldon Square? All they’d need then was someone really creative to print some extra money and business would be booming again! What? They have? Oh…
