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Article: Keeping Britain on the move; What's the West Midlands got to do with London? Nigel Hastilow explains.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- November 25, 1998
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If you live in London and find yourself reading this copy of The Birmingham Post, you might be forgiven for wondering why it has been given to you.
What, you may ask, is Birmingham to me? Where - or perhaps what - you may wonder, is the West Midlands and why should I care about it?
The answer is that the West Midlands is the heart of the country. Geographically, it is the centre of England.
But more than that, the West Midlands is the heart of the country culturally, economically and politically.
It is the factory, the power-house, the ...