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- neverscared0
Crumbling England: from schools to hospitals, how bad is the current crisis?
Jeremy Hunt vows to ‘spend what it takes’ to tackle school concrete crisis
Chancellor says asbestos in some of same buildings could complicate efforts to fix Raac problem in EnglandJeremy Hunt has promised to “spend what it takes” to deal with the crumbling concrete crisis, as he admitted ministers were also responding to fears the problem was compounded by the longstanding asbestos problem in schools.
Asbestos, which is believed may be present in some of the same buildings affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), could complicate the issue as the government faces increasing pressure to reveal the full list of schools containing the concrete.
There are growing demands for transparency over the extent of the consequences of Raac in public buildings on the weekend before millions of children are due to return to classes after the summer holidays.
- Horp0
Broken Stoke video below really reminds me of Birmingham in the 1970s. It as derelict and neglected as this.
I feel like stuff happened that lifted places out of this kind of mire, but none of what happened was a solid structural foundation for continued development. It was like a bubble in mud. It rises above the surface but it will inevitably pop and collapse back down.
I think the Stoke video is arguably the natural state for British towns and cities. We are no longer industrial, so there is literally nothing to build on. Everything is easier and cheaper ordering online, so the idea of shops bece too expensive to maintain for a much smaller share of the customer base.
Without the cohesion of work, shared spaces, and a community based on routines, rituals and beliefs, it all falls back into neglect. If we are not pack animals then we become lone scavengers.
Smaller communities are going to be the more sustainable option vs big towns and cities. I do feel cities are a thing of the past in terms of community. They are good for administrative business only. Ottowa being a good example. It is the administrative capital and Monday to Friday 9-5 it is populated. At other times, it's an abandoned ghost city.
I spent 6 weeks there a few years ago and I would walk for many miles at weekends, and barely see another person.
- shapesalad-5
- Did this make you laugh Shape? Did it give you a chuckle?Ianbolton
- It didn't make me laugh at all. Didn't make me anything. I just thought - let's see if it fires up the leftie QBN'rs.shapesalad
- so, you post this shit for attention? Like the Daily Mail posts horrible articles just for clicks - not to be informative.Ianbolton
- shapesalad-5
- Tory 'levelling up' went well.fadein11
- went to uni there. it was grim even in 1994-98trooperbill
- most towns like this now... it's grim.zardoz
- Sad. Industrial town centres have been killed by out-of-town retail parks and underfunding of planning depts.Fax_Benson
- Stoke was hit very hard in the 80's, with zero support after.fadein11
- preferred him when he was happier in the 90s
https://www.youtube.…Fax_Benson - That's actually an interesting videodee-dubs
- "that's not enough chimney to satisfy me".. by far my fav quote from that vid!!dee-dubs
- Once did a show in Stoke, many moons ago. Wanted to go out for a beer and asked the gallery owner where to go...PhanLo
- ...he said he didn't go to pubs really because he had an earing and that was enough to start a fight.PhanLo
- is that where there was a nealry 70% pro brexit ?! would be irrational to expect anything else than a downfall to ghost city with so many people with thatneverscared
- national mindset..neverscared
- nearly all deprived post-industrial towns voted the samefadein11
- had 2 fantastic 'rave' clubs in the early 90's though, a little moody at times though.fadein11
- ^saw fights there a lot in the 4 days I was there. I even ended up punching a guy who slapped his girlfriend in the taxi queue, posi vibes.PhanLo
- shapesalad-8
The terrors of war:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…Safety in France:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…...but it’s not safe enough in France, the offer is better in UK:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
On the boat across the channel:
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…Then, finally - after the horrors and traumas of war, for this fighting aged healthy young man, he is finally safe... at the hotel in UK paid for be me and the other UK tax payers. I so relieved he’s safe. I wish he’d share a Spotify playlist of the music he used on his videos, anyone know the artist?
https://www.tiktok.com/@rahat.po…
Follow this poor man’s journey, if enough of us follow him perhaps he can heal from the traumas of war by being a social media influencer on Tikky Tokky:
- Oh dear, downvoters can't face the reality of being taken for a ride up their woke assholes.shapesalad
- Seriously mate, get a fucking grip. Find another website to post all this shit on because i'm sick of all your posts. Maybe post some design stuff?Ianbolton
- https://youtu.be/4A7…Bluejam
- lol bluejamfadein11
- neverscared0
Quarter of music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit
Survey shows devastating impact of Brexit on music sector, says Independent Society of MusiciansAlmost half of UK musicians and workers in the music industry have had less work in the EU since Brexit than before it, and more than a quarter have had no EU work at all, according to a survey.
The impact of Brexit on the music sector had been devastating, said the Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), which carried out the survey. Restrictions had impaired the viability of making a living as a musician, it said.
The mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnston said Brexit was “quietly killing our world-class music sector” and its impact could not be overstated. “It is time for the government to pull its finger out and reverse some of the damage being done before it is too late.”
- hail zardozneverscared
- Holding all the cards and taking back controlBluejam
- hope it isn't affecting brass bands like Black Dyke or Grimethorpe Colliery.brandonp
- A few folk I knew that would do small tours gave up and got jobs as it just wasn't worth it for them to tour.PhanLo
- On the plus side, we are gaining many African drummers, approx 500 per day, arriving by dingy from France. They like to beat natives more than drums though...shapesalad
- u showed them how the drumming natives works during colonisation... the apex of cruelity all learned from your british hands...neverscared
- the Guardian also ran a piece about how 100s of micro-breweries gone under after Brexit https://tinyurl.com/…dee-dubs
- PhanLo0
Mate Robbie telling the guy he needs to stop threatening people and go away. I suppose when you bring a knife to a street party you're already a loser.
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- https://www.instagra…PhanLo
- It's sad how Shape always has to make xenophobic judgements because he consumes too much Daily Mail and YouTube posts. Hope Kyle's ok mateIanbolton
- right outside the crown office .zardoz
- Sheriff Court. Been there. Fun times.PhanLo
- you'd think cctv would track the perp back to whatever hovel he dosses down in... not many 5ft 5 black dudes in embrazardoz
- There's more serious shit going on the real streets https://www.edinburg…PhanLo
- ^flol, wonderfulNairn
- "Gain some perspective and don't come to my bakery if the disappointment of us selling out is going to have such a horrendously negative effect on your mood"Ianbolton
- shapesalad-6
- Some guests arrive:shapesalad
- https://static.indep…shapesalad
- no i dont feel my tax money is wasted... thank u very much... 4 stars is exactly the righ treatment .. 5 would be better after all they went fru...neverscared
- feels great to be generous to poor people....neverscared
- generosity to the indigenous poor would feel nicer. and, yes, it is an either/orzardoz
- not its not.... the arier human is of higher quality than the foreigner... zardoz and hitler are high fiving again...neverscared
- how fucked up racist does one have to be to start differentiating to come up with that opinion that it would feel nicer ? top level racist !!neverscared
- There goes neverscared again accusing people of Racism or being aligned with Hitler or Nazis. You have nothing to say, other than playground insults. And...Morning_star
- ...FWIW It's not racism it's xenophobia.Morning_star
- she's qbn's resident daft cunt. set phasers to ignorezardoz
- nope ... zardoz is the one who wants to drive migrants into the sea and murdering them... that what he wrote and thats closer to a murderous maniac regimeneverscared
- than to a little xenophobia its a call to action by him evidently he thinks the british race is superious otherwiseneverscared
- he would not feel better if they get the moneys instead of a migrant... migrants are mainly different color skin.. especially the post... so it falls intoneverscared
- racism as in racism under the fashists as in hitler... not so hard to understand...neverscared
- british nation is that of course not ...all post from ss are muslim or african related so i think the racism classification and zardoz applauding is thereforeneverscared
- fair enough to be called racsim.. hitler was a xenophob too so that works for them all good... if u think its fair game to say . drive them into the sea - thenneverscared
- u clearly lost your humanism.neverscared
- and nazism has no humanism thats why it makes sense to say he is high fiving hitler with his hustle wanting them drown in the sea.neverscared
- white british people as ethnic group not british race .. sorry..lolneverscared
- just imagine a big part of society with a mindset like his to push migrants back in the sea to drown and u have your nazi killing machine achieved.. voila..neverscared
- neverscared-1
- not sure what you're getting at here, but I suspect it's racist....zardoz
- u wanna drive him back to the sea like u wanted with the migrants?neverscared
- or does your anti-humanism stop at a certain salary and only the poor deserve some drowning ? enlighten us...neverscared
- shapesalad-6
Look Book – Mayor of London Brand Guidelines:
'The photos we use should reflect a recognisable, real and diverse London.'
- Photos of white families don’t represent the Capital City of England according to a fella called Sadiq Khan.shapesalad
- Khaaaan!zardoz
- Oh look a black woman agrees it’s prejudice against white people: https://www.dailymai…shapesalad
- That must be scrambling the brains of my regular downvoters that like to say I’m racist to point out demographics shifts...shapesalad
- Clothes are outdated and shit. Doesn’t represent real LondonersSlashPeckham
- They seem happy. That doesn't look rightpango
- agree with above 2 comments.. if you saw people dressed like that in London they are tourists.. or visiting for the day from Surrey or somewheredee-dubs
- fuck off shapesaladcanoe
- flol pangoNairn
- I know a family that dress and look like this who live in london. so fuck off in your canoe white haters.shapesalad
- i dont hate white people i just hate happy people. fuck off with your stupid smiles!!!pango
- ayyyyeeeee daily mail!pango
- Def from Tunbridge WellsBluejam
- I was ok with this pic til I saw the dads shoes. Fuck that noisePhanLo
- I ..um.. bought my first (and last) pair of converse last year that weren't entirely dissimilar to those :\
Fucking shite shoes. Lasted no time at all.Nairn - They have always meant to be cheap shoes. Disposed of after few years.pango
- I think I only hate Converse because I was too poor to get them when I was a kid.PhanLo
- @pango - they barely lasted two months though.Nairn
- I have a pair of converse and live in tunbridge wells.. that pic is me :(dee-dubs
- PhanLo0
- tbf, it is sunderland - there are innumerate reasons they could've all gotten diarrhoea.Nairn
- ... but small boats ...Continuity
- PhanLo-1
The annual Skate Party that happens mid festival in Edinburgh came to a bit of an abrupt end last night when the guy below, not connected with the party pulled a knife and stabbed one of the skaters, he then ran off into the night and stabbed another two people in the city centre.
I was painting til pretty late so missed the whole thing, it's usually such a fun street takeover, shame it ended on a dull one. Thankfully there was a qualified medic in the crowd and Kyle is stable in hospital
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- He looks Scottish.shapesalad
- I'm glad they found a photo to reflect a recognisable, real and diverse Edinburgh. Hooray for diversity, it's our strength!shapesalad
- In the area where I was painting some two men were tortured to death with blowtorches last week, scottish guys did it. They wrote their gang name on the bodiesPhanLo
- ...with a blowtorch.PhanLo
- https://www.bbc.co.u…PhanLo
- That’s horrific, Stay safe brother.Morning_star
- Some of the younger graffiti kids were there, only 16 years old, must have been pretty scary. I think I was 19 before I saw someone get stabbedPhanLo
- Those guys were Scottish Shape, I checked, they had a taser too, my mate was saying he tased them a couple of times for a laugh earlier on in the night...PhanLo
- ...but they got drunk and started to pretend they were in London and wanted to fight people. Badman ting.PhanLo
- small man syndrome (is that heightist?)zardoz
- It's Scotland, not Holland.PhanLo
- shapesalad-4
@projectile
I agree with you. At this stage I’m just trolling you guys.
However there is still a lot to contemplate regarding human migration. Eg, if a certain percentage of a country are as you say “crazies idiots”, and there’s no denying the UK has its fair share of them - why then allow more in?
You could say, well they are entrepreneurial, seeking a better future, wishing to engage in economic activities not available in their own countries. However, when you do watch these social media clips that show the other side, the ‘crazed idiots’ that the BBC don’t want to talk about... then, as mentioned, the question arises why allow more in? Unvented. Their intentions and values unquestioned.
We need a cold hard stop to illegal migration. We need an economic visa route, to filter and make sure we allow in only those that can are are willing to contribute, who align to our countries values.
As for refugees we have in place a system, it’s being abused by too many chancers and economic migrants.
- Unvetted *shapesalad
- I’m a crazied idiot when it comes to typing and proof reading...shapesalad
- 1. There is an economic visa route.
2. The refugee system (safe route) is currently closed aside from those deemed acceptable.
3. None of the above is working.fadein11 - you're just an idiot. How can you be so obsessed with a subject and know so little about it.Fax_Benson
- You are aware who is running our immigration system right now? Clue: it's not the BBC and it isn't liberals.fadein11
- this may help you:
https://freemovement…fadein11 - Fax instead of calling me ann idiots - why don’t you try to convince me to see things from your perspective?shapesalad
- Fun fact,, my mother world in a law firm dealing with asylum claims in the 2000s. Applications were 5% genuine, rest made up nonsense claims.shapesalad
- *workedshapesalad
- She worked with lawyers who had to record the claims, and they were absolutely making it all up. They could clearly see a genuine case and verify it.shapesalad
- Perhaps if people didn’t abuse the system by throwing their documents into the English Channel,shapesalad
- Then the ‘safe and legal’ routes would be effective.shapesalad
- @fade, you link says it largely works. What’s your point?shapesalad
- “ Notable recent examples of where safe routes are needed but have not been provided include Uganda (in respect of LGBTQI+ people) and Sudan.”shapesalad
- ‘ For these people, there are no “safe and legal” routes for them to come to the UK’shapesalad
- Lol... why, why do we have to take so many countries people, if they are gay in Uganda and Sudan... they could go to Taiwan, a very gay friendly island. Why Uk?shapesalad
- You guys are all lefties wanting to shelter everyone... resources and space are limited. Give it a break.shapesalad
- the link simply says everything exists that you said needs to be there yet Illegal immigration is at record highs with that in place. Wakey wakey dimwit.fadein11
- And let's not forget 70-80% of asylum cases are approved. So where you got the made up 5% figure form decades ago suits your ignorant agenda.fadein11
- Anyway, can we expect another grand exit this weekend on realisation you have embarrassed yourself yet again.fadein11
- there are currently only 2-3 safe routes, Hong Kong and Ukraine and briefly Afghan (no longer is I think). DYOR.fadein11
- You're a member of the proud troll tribe?canoe
- scarabin2
- To recap: some half-naked guy in the UK — who seems to be in love with Sebastian — is freebasing baked beans with a lighter.
Have I got that right?Continuity - This character's name wouldn't be shapesalad, by any chance, would it be?Continuity
- hunter bidenzardoz
- To recap: some half-naked guy in the UK — who seems to be in love with Sebastian — is freebasing baked beans with a lighter.
- Projectile8
@shapesalad - this is you on the right. There are people controlling what you watch via algorith, and feeding you this bullshit for their financial and political gain. I know firsthand, because when I engage with such vids it just feeds me much more of the same.
The Youtube content creators are making a mint off your time by taking any video of shitty people and spewing it back out, putting the word "migrant" in the title instead of "crazed idiot".
- Maybe. But wot about IRL experiences with Romanians, Albanians and other wastrels ?zardoz
- @zardoz There are violent, criminal, wastrel assholes of every nationality in every country on this planet. Why would you demonise just a couple of countries?Morning_star
- it´s how the cookie crumbles for the undereducated...neverscared
- It's not about demonizing, it's about statistics. All cultures are NOT equal. Grow the fuck up, losers.crazyprick
- u either manage to operate on a level with basic human rights as in everybody has them or your are a mental antique and can´t deal with modern life... then uneverscared
- r a loser and not made for a global future...neverscared
- that constant puny whining about Human Rights Convention and it´s effects is disgraceful and not worthy a civilized woman or man...neverscared
- What the fuck r u talking about, losercrazyprick
- about uneverscared
- ;)neverscared
- and your whining that cultures are different... it needs a real sherlock holmes to understand that... bravo..neverscared
- british culture very elegant ... slayered and stole in the colonies across the planet for centuries and is whining because a few migrants are comin to town..neverscared
- know your place https://media.cnn.co…neverscared
- https://media.cnn.co…neverscared
- You're such a faggy retard, check the fucking calendar. For example, Christianity evolved over time, but Islam is still retarded.crazyprick
- Both are retarded, and saying one is better is just as retarded.monospaced
- If you don't see the difference, you're nothing but a faggy ass bitchcrazyprick
- shapesalad-7
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news…
“Villagers' anger as council buys 12 homes for Afghan and Ukrainian refugees on posh newbuild estate where properties sell for more than £700,000 while locals languish on waiting list”
- you're like the troll that keeps on giving. Do you seriously think the more shit you post, the more chance you have of converting us to your way of thinking?Ianbolton
- he has nothing to lose now. Near universally disliked here and an attention seeker. His ex-wife clearly took his critical thinking skills with her when she leftfadein11
- Yup, she was clearly the brains in that relationship. It's no wonder she had enough of him.Continuity
- shapesalad-6
- Never even showed the protest.
Tories emptied the country stolle all their money and will let their children rot. Protesting the wrong folk.PhanLo
- Never even showed the protest.
- shapesalad-3
- Seems like a very merry chap.utopian
- What cunt... sad fucknecromation
