In the latest Monocle (the monthly with the unhealthy obsession with airport lounges and a design sensibility that Unhappy Hipsters would adore) there’s a look at ‘Rebranding Britain’.
As you’ll see from the slightly grainy pic above, there’s no mention of Birmingham (although they found twelve other cities worth naming), just a pointer in the general direction of the midlands and the suggestion:
Failing towns should be abandoned
Oof.
Ta to Johnny Cullen for pointing that one out.