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.