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Midlands GRIT – Weekly Digest Week Ending 23 May 2026
From political disruption to stalled industry and unanswered questions, this was a week that exposed one truth: Birmingham needs decisions.
7 hrs ago
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Mike Olley
Birmingham’s New Politics Must Now Build Something
Birmingham’s voters have disrupted the city. Now its new politicians must prove they can build, decide, and deliver.
May 22
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Mike Olley
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Policing the West Midlands: When Clarity Gives Way to Process
When accountability is spread across processes and institutions, who actually answers the question?
May 21
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Mike Olley
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Mayor Making in Birmingham: Chains On, Leadership Missing
As of Tuesday 17:48 council adjourned for further coalition talks.
May 20
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Mike Olley
The Gigafactory That Birmingham Still Hasn’t Won
The West Midlands should be leading Britain’s electric future. Instead, it is still waiting for a gigafactory that logic says should already be here.
May 19
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Mike Olley
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Invest in UK Manufacturing !!
Keir Starmer May Have Saved British Steel to Save His Own Skin. Fine. Let’s Frighten the Wits Out of Prime Ministers More Often.
May 18
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Mike Olley
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MidlandsGRIT Weekly Digest
Week Ending 16 May 2026
May 16
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham Didn’t Turn Green. It Broke Apart.
A record Green surge tells one story. The numbers underneath tell a very different one.
May 15
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Mike Olley
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Olleys’ Live Returns with an Election Special from STEAMhouse
Filmed at STEAMhouse, Olleys’ Live returns with a candid election special as Khalid Mahmood and Ewan Mackey speak more freely beyond party lines.
May 14
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham Has Sacked Labour. Now It Has To Find A Government
Labour has fallen, Reform cannot govern, and Birmingham now faces the hardest question of all: who can assemble a coalition capable of actually running…
May 13
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Mike Olley
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EXCLUSIVE: Public-Interest Questions Raised Over MP Correspondence in Criminal Disclosure File
How Did Correspondence Involving Constituents and an MP’s Office Come to Appear Within Criminal Disclosure Material?
May 12
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Mike Olley
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Birmingham has voted. Now the councillors must take back the council.
Birmingham has shattered the old Labour machine. Now the city’s fractured council must decide who governs, and who really controls Birmingham.
May 11
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Mike Olley
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