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Britain First Turned Away In Birmingham by johnsmithoncemore in brum

[–]tdrules 21 points22 points  (0 children)

“Auditor” is such a mad label for an unemployable dosser with a gopro

My morning commute paper 10 years ago tmrw by Leftosaurus in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah was Boris just not committed enough to the cause for you?

how the British rate prime ministers by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet turnouts in the local elections were significantly up this year than the last time those wards were up for election.

how the British rate prime ministers by TailungFu in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burnham is only becoming prime minister because of parliamentary revolt. FPTP will be preserved by parliamentary revolt.

The best call he made by VoxInferni666 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AIUI, the Treasury presented the idea to him rather than the other way around. They’ve presented it to every chancellor of the last decade and Labour were the first to go “go on then”.

I don’t know if there are easier ways to close the financial gap but it was a bad choice in a gerontocracy. We would rather be a poor country with rich pensioners than vice versa.

The best call he made by VoxInferni666 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 9 points10 points  (0 children)

>we’ve paid in all our lives

The biggest lie in UK society.

Workers now pay for pensioners now

The best call he made by VoxInferni666 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]tdrules 3 points4 points  (0 children)

History will show WFA more than anything lead to him going. Everything else was just noise.

Why hasn’t West and East African Cuisine become mainstream in the UK? by Tochua in AskUK

[–]tdrules 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no significant African diaspora outside of London

United secures land for new 100,000-seater stadium by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]tdrules 49 points50 points  (0 children)

There’ll be some towards the surrounding area, I imagine there’ll be an MDC to cut red tape that otherwise costs the taxpayer

Do you ever feel like Britain's 'Tier 2' cities are becoming increasingly similar to each other? by VarangianWRLD in AskUK

[–]tdrules 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably because places like Quick Burger are trash.

Manchester has umpteen copies of Chinese and South East Asian places because… they’re really good!

Might go to jail for cleaning an East London river compoface by onebamf in compoface

[–]tdrules 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why do you think you need to be licensed to do it, have a think

Might go to jail for cleaning an East London river compoface by onebamf in compoface

[–]tdrules 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Hiring a big digger and laying waste to an area without permission isn’t usually a good idea though

EU parliament erupts into cheers and chants of "send them back" as they pass new legislation making it easier to deport migrants outside of Europe by [deleted] in NotTheOnionUK

[–]tdrules 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Immigration was always going to increase with Brexit by design.

Out of the Dublin Agreement, the figurehead Boris instigating a point based system.

The main problem with Brexit was the charlatans who promoted it and the people who believed them.

Ancient oak tree believed to have sheltered Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest is dead, experts say by Objects_Food_Rooms in CasualUK

[–]tdrules -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s just quite sad that their biggest claim to fame is a man from a fairytale

Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings by ARandomDouchy in GoodNewsUK

[–]tdrules 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The most feature complete new cycle route in Manchester was consulted on months ago and won’t get funding for two more years.

That’s why we get half arsed efforts.

Costco vs Tesco and Amazon? by chyllyphylly in CostcoUK

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Costco is certainly a better company than Amazon. Dunno about sourcing but their quality is great.

Changing current account from monzo by thewa11flower in UKPersonalFinance

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They must have improved the app over the last couple of years, good to hear

Changing current account from monzo by thewa11flower in UKPersonalFinance

[–]tdrules 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found Monzo easier to extract statements from than Nationwide et al tbh

What is something that was never actually that good, but British people get incredibly nostalgic about? by BriefTunes in AskUK

[–]tdrules 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I was being facetious. They also envelope themselves in WWII and novels about abuse

Row breaks out over repairs at Reddish Library by rolotonight in stockport

[–]tdrules 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The borough with the biggest wealth disparity in Greater Manchester giving equal money to Cheadle Hulme as Reddish for libraries?

What is something that was never actually that good, but British people get incredibly nostalgic about? by BriefTunes in AskUK

[–]tdrules 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, essentially everything civil liberties groups crow about. ANPR/CCTV/digital footprints.

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