@pursuitofprog It’s a serious lack of ambition and vision that puts the appetite of “Eat the Rich” at petty theft. Either expropriate a factory or behave yourself.
This a salient and sentient roadmap for how this country should proceed with the formal element of dealing with rape gangs.
It is also a damning assessment of the levels of rot and apologism that has quietly pervaded the exact public institutions that should be preventing this.
The inquiry needs to specifically investigate grooming and it needs to investigate the police, social services and local authorities
Therefore, it should not be chaired by someone with any ties to those organisations
To follow on from @phmbaker’s point about Canterbury Cathedral yesterday: this is how I suspect most people *actually* about graffiti.
It makes our public spaces worse.
This canal footbridge was built in 1829 its cast iron. Years ago I suppose it must have been enamel paint. It managed near 200 years without scribble. A nice coat of hammerite sorted it out.
@happyBrit17 I used to have to shop there a bit and my major knocks on it are:
a) They lack the more niche foreign products that have become mainstream (nduja, gochujang, etc.)
b) All the fresh produce is gone by the evening and not replenished (weekdays/ends)
@pursuitofprog BfB are being really cynical here. Of course advanced cultures that are capable of technological advance, social welfare, cooperation, etc. are better.
Part of the problem here is thinking Britain is an empty vassal that can have any other culture(s) plugged in and be the same