The commission spent six months asking Scousers how they think the city council should be run.

ECONOMIST: Provincial cities

Meanwhile, Derek Hatton, the former politician and scouse spokesman, explained how proving the world wrong is part of the DNA of scousers.

BBC: The real Wayne Rooney

Professor Michael Parkinson, an academic who specialises in the role of cities, says that Brummies ought to "swagger like Scousers".

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