UK Politics

[lost]

7 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

It does focus on the 1% of worst places though. Every country has total sh*t holes. Most of the country is not like what he showed, although it did illustrate a point well. 

Still big chunks of the country though. We have a few big cities with areas around that are commutable and then these places which as far as I can see are either seaside towns that have  been destroyed by budget airlines and then towns that were built around one big employer in the days when the economy was industrial/manufacturing. When you take out greater London, the M4 corridor and maybe Manchester and leeds,  for a country of our size I would think we have bigger pockets than similar developed countries. Thing is I haven’t a clue what the answer is , these places have been in decline for decades.

[Neil]

42 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

t does focus on the 1% of worst places though.

where?is it somewhere in scotland?

[fraybentos1]

30 minutes ago, lost said:

Still big chunks of the country though. We have a few big cities with areas around that are commutable and then these places which as far as I can see are either seaside towns that have  been destroyed by budget airlines and then towns that were built around one big employer in the days when the economy was industrial/manufacturing. When you take out greater London, the M4 corridor and maybe Manchester and leeds,  for a country of our size I would think we have bigger pockets than similar developed countries. Thing is I haven’t a clue what the answer is , these places have been in decline for decades.

Sea side towns seem particularly bad. I've been to several former industrial towns around me and used to work in one. It was no where near as bad as they places in that video.

[Neil]

5 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

that video.

you got a link to the video please?

Edited February 26, 2024 by Neil

[fraybentos1]

13 minutes ago, Neil said:

where?is it somewhere in scotland?

rude as ever. No it isn't its weston super mare then some place near sunderland.

[fraybentos1]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

you got a link to the video please?

 

[Neil]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

rude as ever. No it isn't its weston super mare then some place near sunderland.

weston is absolutely dreadful. cheap enough that even you could buy a house there - one of those places youngsters can buy a house, problem is they only want to buy in their preferred location which isn't weston.

[Neil]

2 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

 

thanks - it starts with plymouth (i've lived there, another awful place).

[steviewevie]

poverty porn

[fraybentos1]

22 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

poverty porn

I get what you're saying. Most of his videos aren't like that though. He got famous for doing amazing vlogs in the former USSR. He speaks Russian so made for great content. He got banned from Russia now though so vlogs in other countries. His old videos are class though.

[fraybentos1]

40 minutes ago, Neil said:

weston is absolutely dreadful. cheap enough that even you could buy a house there - one of those places youngsters can buy a house, problem is they only want to buy in their preferred location which isn't weston.

You're so rude 😆 

and thanks but I'd rather eat glass. I'll stick to Glasgow cheers 🙂

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

What do you call a person who suggests they are left wing but shows no compassion, hates anything Green, moans about anyone who gets help and generally has distain for anyone who is not them?

 

 

 

A Tory.
There is also another answer but I could not possible comment on that here.

A person who suggests they are left wing is a tory?

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

thanks - it starts with plymouth (i've lived there, another awful place).

made me laugh as he walked down derelict-looking union street, he suggested the empty buildings were full of drug users, back when i lived in Plymouth  they were the rave clubs and were full of drug users! 

[Neil]

27 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

hates anything Green

just pissed of with the hypocrisy, complaints in Bristol right now about the number of trees sacrificed for green party  leafletting.

[Neil]

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

Sea side towns seem particularly bad. I've been to several former industrial towns around me and used to work in one. It was no where near as bad as they places in that video.

they've been on a downward since package holidays arrived in the early 70s. if doing green (by own actions) was meaning anything to the population. these places would be boomtowns.

[Neil]

19 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

You are a funny man - you take a few words from the start and the answer and totally ignore the bulk of what is written to try and make some totally different point and pretend I wrote something I obviously did not. Good Grief Charlie Brown.
 

what's your view of the green party for excessively chopping down trees to leaflet people about how wonderful they are.

[fraybentos1]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

what's your view of the green party for excessively chopping down trees to leaflet people about how wonderful they are.

what a daft argument 

[fraybentos1]

30 minutes ago, Neil said:

they've been on a downward since package holidays arrived in the early 70s. if doing green (by own actions) was meaning anything to the population. these places would be boomtowns.

I imagine it's a toss up for you this year, mega yacht in the med or weston-super-mare. Obviously as your green credentials are so good you'll be choosing the latter I'm sure.

[Neil]

1 minute ago, fraybentos1 said:

what a daft argument 

in Bristol currently, that's the conversation the green party are starting (nothing about their policies) - its another mark against the possibility of the greens winning their no.1 target seat.

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

I imagine it's a toss up for you this year, mega yacht in the med or weston-super-mare. Obviously as your green credentials are so good you'll be choosing the latter I'm sure.

both need me to take a train trip - uk is filthy diesel.

[steviewevie]

36 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

You are a funny man - you take a few words from the start and the answer and totally ignore the bulk of what is written to try and make some totally different point and pretend I wrote something I obviously did not. Good Grief Charlie Brown.
 

are you suggesting Neil actually votes Tory...or just using the term Tory as an insult?

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Who said anything about Neil? I didn't. That was you.

Are you suggesting he votes Tory?

oh...god you're clever, always catching me out.

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Who said anything about Neil? I didn't. That was you.

Are you suggesting he votes Tory?

if people dare to disagree with you, they're a tory or climate change denier. lol

[steviewevie]

Hoyle says no to another Gaza ceasefire debate thing and Stephen Flynn says get tae f**k.

[steviewevie]