Hargreaves I do not believe anyone could make a call on that any more than they can predict Lotto!
Mighty Gem it was North West Air Operations Group, that you were part of ....
It was going so well [in a rustic sort of way] but lost direction. It was probably over-resourced [if such things can be over-resourced] but from the outside it was a good model to develop. You probably have a very different view as you were there. Suffice to say it appeared OK where others did not.
Lord HH of course threw Merseyside into the bin as his 'contribution' to NPAS just as Hampshire was binned in another CC/ACPO demonstration of willing .... although they were as different as chalk and cheese.