If you think of Britain, what comes to your mind then? (2 Viewers)

[Sweden]

Very true in the 70's but it's now actually a really nice place to live.

We went for a week to visit my younger brother and there are some really amazing restaurants there from all over the world.

As this article says - it was once very true and mud sticks when you throw enough of it at a target.



It's now home to a large mixed ethnicity population and we met many Japanese, Mexicans, Brazilians and Swedes who had moved there to live.

If you want true dumps - Hull, Sunderland, Middlesborough, Peterborough and Corby.

That said, some of the nicest people come from those areas.

Coventry deserves special place on its own - it was rebuilt horribly after being flattened in WW2 and the locals absolutely despise anyone not from the area.

Birmingham is broke.

birmingham bankruptcy - Search Videos

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[Infinite Chaos]

Birmingham is broke.

birmingham bankruptcy - Search Videos

www.bing.com

The council is broke.

Bankrupt Birmingham: Why the council went bust

The BBC's File on 4 reports on a collapsed deal to settle the city's vast equal pay claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

The city remains vibrant.

2024 Birmingham Economic Review - Summary

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It's also home to several advanced manufacturers and is one of the few places we still make things here.

Advance Manufacturing in the West MiIdlands

At the centre of the UK’s largest automotive, rail and aerospace clusters, the West Midlands is at the forefront of R&D to target the key global future mobility challenges.

www.meetbirmingham.com

 

[Sweden]

The council is broke.

Bankrupt Birmingham: Why the council went bust

The BBC's File on 4 reports on a collapsed deal to settle the city's vast equal pay claims.

www.bbc.co.uk

The city remains vibrant.

2024 Birmingham Economic Review - Summary

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: 2024 Birmingham Economic Review - Summary, Author...

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It's also home to several advanced manufacturers and is one of the few places we still make things here.

Advance Manufacturing in the West MiIdlands

At the centre of the UK’s largest automotive, rail and aerospace clusters, the West Midlands is at the forefront of R&D to target the key global future mobility challenges.

www.meetbirmingham.com

You might ask your friends in Birmingham how they feel about a month's worth of rubbish piled up in the streets and the associated plague of rats.

 

[Sweden]

My father's family lived through the blitz and the buzzbombs.

So did I - including the scarier V2s- with the accent on 'lived'. If the German's aim had been a bit better you may not have had the dubious pleasure of reading my posts.

 

[Sweden]

Love of the English countryside, and the Scottish Highlands.

Scottish highlands ae great. Pity that Scottlnd is the drug death capital of Europe though.

Drug and drink deaths in Scotland still among Europe’s worst despite new funding

A national mission on drug deaths was announced in 2021 and last year spending increased to £161.1 million – more than double the figure from 2014.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk

 

[Sweden]

Tudor court portraits by Hans Holbein, civil wars, repression of the Irish, too many monarchs to keep straight, some great post-war movie directors, Shakespeare and Shakespearean actors, great novelists and playwrights, David Austin roses, Henry Purcell, Handel’s Water Music, and an outdated monarchy and class structure.

Oh, and smash the Tories!

Good post but why is 'Smash the Tories' at the end? Reform UK is smashing the Tories -and Labour - so can we take it that you support them?

 

[Sven Karma]

'smart motorways'

 

[Rumpel]

high tea

 

[Infinite Chaos]

You might ask your friends in Birmingham how they feel about a month's worth of rubbish piled up in the streets and the associated plague of rats.

That's the council again - that's not the life and culture of Birmingham. I only need to ask my little brother, he's lived in Birmingham since 2010 and the problems with bin collection are recent.

 

[justoneman]

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That, was a cool old show.

 

[justoneman]

Henry the VIII. Queen Elizabeth. The Canterbury Tales. Waterloo Sunset. Spotted dick. James Bond.