Well seen as though Yorkshire is the king of all countys, it would have to be York.
Or Huddersfield?
I agree with that bit but York is awful to get around, and Huddersfield is tiny! I would vote for Leeds, it's got a huge business/financial district, not to mention the 2nd (I'm not sure on this fact, I read it ages ago) biggest train station outside of London. And Leeds is great for shopping too!
Personally, i would like to be Oxford or Cambridge.
But practically speaking it has to be Bristol, Birmingham or Manchester. Oh and if you're counting Scotland too, then Edinburgh would be a worthy contender.
Actually the West Midlands urban area and Greater Manchester both have about 2.2 million people, I think West Midlands has slightly more though. It doesn't even matter, neither of them should be capital, they're both ****holes
but they weren't, they were new planned cities
New planned cities who were created to become political and productional havens, but other cities were developed and simply took over in all aspects throughout the years, inevitably and uncontrollably....
Birmingham is actually very nice, not too much city junk here, there is a nice bit of country within the borders, it's also ideally placed, it would become a political centre in the heart of England. I don't hate Manchester at all, I just consider it 2nd choice.