This town we might have heard about in the news because it's been talked about quite frequently as one of the old red wall communities is Bishop Auckland.

And it has a little bit of a strange undercurrent right now in the form of a wealthy benefactor

who I'm pretty sure is a Dracula. Let's talk about it. Bishop Auckland, little background, 25,000 person, former mining

town near Durham. It's one of the poster children for like the decay and decline of British regions

and so on and so on and so on. You know the rest of the story. However, it has one thing that others

don't, which is The dungary factory.

The dungaree factory and a very, very eccentric billionaire

who has taken it upon himself

to align himself with the town by buying it effectively.

So, I mean, you have a little background.

He's called Jonathan Ruffer.

He's one of the richest men in England.

He is a fund manager.

And he's decided to take the business of regenerating the town of Bishop Auckland into his own hands,

in line with a set of priorities that would be consistent with the same

priorities that a Dracula would have.

I'm not saying he's a Dracula.

Can't sue me.

I'm not saying you're a Dracula.

I'm saying your priorities are Draculaish.

We're just asking questions, you know?

Maybe he's been reading these Dracula success business books.

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