Excellent post Robert...
looking at the broader NE picture..we are a backwater.. HS2.. an expensive folly. No benefit at all to the NE. We are the East Coast line? And the majority of Teesside is outside of that! Aviation the same..whatever we think TIA , NCL and CAX. Will always have a major battle for new routes ,limited passengers and Freight. Because at the end of the day..the country will remain London-centric....
Its a large pie but we have very small pieces and will have to fight for everything..as a result it’s diluted and we end up with negligible amounts!
And the weathers worse here toooooo!