EXCLUSIVE: The United States has threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal
@connorstringer and @Barnes_Joe report ⤵️
https://t.co/KpAD8Smixx
Yeah, council highways teams just sit around playing fucking scrabble in the depots all day, laughing as they watch the rain fall.
Little known fact is council fatcats (boo, hiss) actually pay them bonuses the more roads they let flood. Crazy!
Didn’t have rain for 2 months, instead of the council using that time to ensure all drains were unclogged in preparation for a major downpour, they sat on their hands and done naff all
The online right has this Common People-esque view of white working class areas and people. I think a lot of is kneejerk reaction to grooming gangs and the grinding ethnic cleansing of inner cities, which I can understand.
It misses the fundamental truth, that those of us that grew up in these places know, which is that even before/without diversity, they are fucking grim. The streets are grim, the people are cunts, and it requires a gentrification miracle for them to change.
The list of possible solutions is long and varied, but they all start with a level of policing and security that would rival Bukele.
This video is from Middlesbrough in 2024.
Suddenly, the recent headlines are starting to make a lot more sense.
I never realised just how serious the crime problem in Middlesbrough was until the recent violence and deaths put the area firmly in the spotlight.
Now you look back and see footage of youths smashing house windows and damaging cars in broad daylight.
When gangs are able to terrorise entire communities, the authorities have lost control.
If the police don't have the resources to restore order, bring in military support if necessary.
Residents deserve safe streets, not fear outside their own front doors.
'Working in Boots isn't accessible for me, but it is for some.'
PIP claimant Gigi El-Halaby says an issue she comes across when looking for a job is: it is 'meaningful'?
@WulfrunianChris Ive noticed you get a better response if you don't demean yourself and put on a fake French accent. I once ordered at café in very OTT Manc-accented French and I think they were too confused and horrified to insult me.
@Starvecrowfeast I'd agree with that, Reform's electoral ceiling is higher. It will need to see them become more economically populist rather than the instinctive neo-Thatcherism of Farage and Tice, so a challenge to pull it off.
@Laocailarry Interesting, but if the Tories are currently pulling 20% of the electorate, I think it's a bigger problem than the 1% of AB1s not voting Reform.
They've got a much bigger middle class problem than they do a Caudwell one.