Beach volleyball in Morecambe Bay? An Olympics of the north sounds like a winner | Emma John

The Guardian

Our sport-loving PM is willing to risk a bitter north v south furore, all for the sake of table tennis in Teesside As someone who barely understands their own finances, let alone the country’s, I will admit that budget day doesn’t always register with me. Perhaps if there were outre outfits or horse-drawn carriages involved, like there are at the state opening of parliament, I’d get into it, but the only accessory of note is a briefcase and it doesn’t even glow mysteriously when you open it. This week, however, the chancellor of the exchequer did manage to catch my attention. Somewhere amid…