How did Boris Johnson’s promise to level up the north of England turn into a war on Manchester? And what will the leaders of other northern cities do, after it was singled out for collective punishment? Plus the continuing fight to save Britain’s creative industries — we hear from Jessie Murphy, who’s behind the Let Music Live campaign (twitter.com/letmusicliveuk) — and the latest on the never-ending Brexit drama, where talks are on, then off, then on again. More at twitter.com/paulosbourne and twitter.com/partygamespod