I come from the South West of England. It will be interested to see what is proposed for us (although I no longer live there of course, I do still vote in Parliamentary Elections) We have no regional assembly, or mayorality, County and District councils. Historically we have always rather been "on the hind tit" when it comes to government and infrastructure funding. My initial, sceptical, thought is that whilst "oop north" will do well, the South Eest will lag behind. Bristol will probably do well, but the rest of the region absolutely do not wish to be run by or from Bristol. That was tried in the 70s and 80s with the much loathed "County of Avon", which was deeply, deeply unpopular.