Britain's cities are falling victim to Theresa May's cold, crabby nostalgia politics | John Harris

Our urban centres are bearing the brunt of the latest austerity cuts. Not since the Thatcher era has a Tory government dared to pit town against country this cynically 'There's nobody representing us," said the thirtysomething man killing time on a side street in Handsworth, Birmingham. Amid the weekday bustle on nearby Soho Road, a smattering of people told me they would be voting Labour, there was irate talk about the Conservatives' record on immigration, and a few British-Asian former Brexit ...