Liverpool is resilient, it has many forces working, conspiring against it, none the least the Westminster fun fair of the Houses of Parliament and Lords, but it still manages to hold its head up high, whether through absolute pride in being a steady thorn in the backsides of London, or just because the people in the city and out-lying areas have a semblance of beauty engrained in them that nobody can ever destroy. Liverpool remains a constant supplier of the one thing we all need in times of darkness and dread, the ability to put on a show, to give more than it receives and always promote where possible the sincerity of diversity in which many would be happy to see the country leave behind.