The Albert Dock is as important to Liverpool’s history as it is to its future. The images of vast sailing ships from across the globe relieving their important load into the waiting arms of many a stevedore is tinged with sepia romanticism that is hard to ignore or displace in time. Neither is the image of a bustling city, one that has retained its dignity when others set out to destroy it, either through lies, blatant and outrageous disgusting ones; or through a political dogma in which they sensed that the passion of its people could bring them and their misguided ideology  down.