“Never meet your heroes” - they say. But at his Newcastle book launch earlier today I found @jonawils.bsky.social to be totally charming - he was happy to corroborate (I think) my friend’s claim to have once worked with him in a data centre in Sunderland. I’m reading ‘The power and the glory’ now!

TRANSFER NEWS: Effective today I’ve moved from the Mayor’s Office to the Economic Growth and Regeneration Directorate at the North East Combined Authority. 3 months after the transfer window closed, or about a month before it opens, depending on how you look at it.

I’ve attempted to make a starter pack. Here are all the Metro Mayors currently on BlueSky: go.bsky.app/7nsnpAS

I’ve completed my transfer (of followers) from Slytherin to Gryffindor (that’s right, right? Never actually read the books).

So I’m ready to fly…