Tory think tank: "It's Grim oop North, move South"
13 August 2008, 01:09 PM
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Cornwall folk always struck me as being a bit... "odd". You know, you ask for directions and they look at you sizing you up before taking a bit of straw out of thier mouth and direct you to the local abatoir, where you will be brutally butchered whilst the local town look through a window and laugh hysterically whilst masterbating.
Me on the other hand is getting more mellow and seeing the other side of the argument as more than leftie drivel.
Has the world spun off its axis or is this a side effect of global warming i wonder.
Having said that, Pete living in Brighton only confirms my suspisions that he is a card carrying shirt-lifting, leftie, gucci socialist!
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OK, firstly i am doing night school classes in how to understand the locals and i do not believe you are
i was taught
uuup't or uuup-t north
An re insurance no, not in Bradistan you can't get it!
You do get a good curry, i reccommend Akbars, better than that thoroughly w@nked in rubbish you get south of watford services!
13 August 2008, 01:18 PM
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OK, firstly i am doing night school classes in how to understand the locals and i do not believe you are
i was taught
uuup't or uuup-t north
An re insurance no, not in Bradistan you can't get it!
You do get a good curry, i reccommend Akbars, better than that thoroughly w@nked in rubbish you get south of watford services!
i was taught
uuup't or uuup-t north
An re insurance no, not in Bradistan you can't get it!
You do get a good curry, i reccommend Akbars, better than that thoroughly w@nked in rubbish you get south of watford services!
Capital offence! (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
13 August 2008, 01:37 PM
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13 August 2008, 02:07 PM
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13 August 2008, 02:24 PM
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Then of course you Southerners AND Northerners could aspire to living in the unspoilt fields somewhere in the narrow band they call the middle. Usually the domain of those that choose not to be in either North or South but could easily travel if necessary. 
We have a winner.
We have a winner.
13 August 2008, 02:25 PM
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Then of course you Southerners AND Northerners could aspire to living in the unspoilt fields somewhere in the narrow band they call the middle. Usually the domain of those that choose not to be in either North or South but could easily travel if necessary.
We have a winner.
We have a winner.
You mean Derbyshire
Gods country 
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Then of course you Southerners AND Northerners could aspire to living in the unspoilt fields somewhere in the narrow band they call the middle. Usually the domain of those that choose not to be in either North or South but could easily travel if necessary.
We have a winner.
We have a winner.
Please, please dont say Birmingham
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13 August 2008, 07:28 PM
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well they've got to fill all the properties they're building down this part of the land as no ****** down here is buying them
personally i prefer the wall in Doomsday to hadrians little effort
personally i prefer the wall in Doomsday to hadrians little effort
13 August 2008, 10:49 PM
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Got to say you guys have put a smile on my face. In my last 3 months of travelling Ive met very few north English people. When I did meet some and they commented on the lack on Northerners I came to the concullsion that Northerners probably dont leave their home place as much because we actually like living there.
(OK Im a bit in the middle now but I had no choice. Regardless of biasedness though I actually do believe the people in the north are happier and therefore more friendlier.)
(OK Im a bit in the middle now but I had no choice. Regardless of biasedness though I actually do believe the people in the north are happier and therefore more friendlier.)
14 August 2008, 01:10 PM
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People of Bradford seem to agree it's a **** hole
Capital offence! (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
Capital offence! (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
14 August 2008, 08:50 PM
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City centre is 'kin bleak though. Leeds planners must love having another 300k people (minus the asian pop) to guarantee visiting Leeds to spend their money!
15 August 2008, 08:58 AM
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OK, firstly i am doing night school classes in how to understand the locals and i do not believe you are
i was taught
uuup't or uuup-t north
An re insurance no, not in Bradistan you can't get it!
You do get a good curry, i reccommend Akbars, better than that thoroughly w@nked in rubbish you get south of watford services!
i was taught
uuup't or uuup-t north
An re insurance no, not in Bradistan you can't get it!
You do get a good curry, i reccommend Akbars, better than that thoroughly w@nked in rubbish you get south of watford services!
You probably can in Bradistan, but you'd be shunned by the community!
15 August 2008, 08:59 AM
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I work in local government in the north, and see per capita figures for the country. as usual, London recieves far more per head in most areas.
15 August 2008, 09:05 AM
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Outskirts are ok. Was at a mate's (BD10) last week and it's rather nice there. His house would cost 500-550k where I live, but he got it valued @£210k recently.
City centre is 'kin bleak though. Leeds planners must love having another 300k people (minus the asian pop) to guarantee visiting Leeds to spend their money!
City centre is 'kin bleak though. Leeds planners must love having another 300k people (minus the asian pop) to guarantee visiting Leeds to spend their money!
the outskirts of Bradford are some of the nciest places in Yorkshire - certainly West Yorkshire, but yes the dip in the middle needs filling in and starting again. The problem is they have come up with grand schemes for Bradford for decades, then run of of money or good will and shelve them - generally just after pulling down historic buildings.
I wonder if they have student town planner and architects practice on Bradford, then move to Leeds when they've learnt from thie mistakes!
15 August 2008, 09:24 AM
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Tax spend per capita (In England)
North East £8,177 - 111% of UK average identifiable expenditure
North West £7,798 - 106%
Yorkshire and Humberside £7,188 - 98%
East Midlands £6,491 - 88%
West Midlands £7,065 - 96%
Eastern £6,144 - 83%
London £8,404 - 114%
South East £6,304 - 86%
South West £6,677 - 91%
North East £8,177 - 111% of UK average identifiable expenditure
North West £7,798 - 106%
Yorkshire and Humberside £7,188 - 98%
East Midlands £6,491 - 88%
West Midlands £7,065 - 96%
Eastern £6,144 - 83%
London £8,404 - 114%
South East £6,304 - 86%
South West £6,677 - 91%
15 August 2008, 09:55 AM
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Esholt or haworth or Ilkley
all villages in Bradford.
esholt funnily enough is where they used to film the original Emmerdale Farm.
the centre of Bradford is horrible housing wise-
move daaaawn sarf- no chance !!
Esholt or haworth or Ilkley
all villages in Bradford.
esholt funnily enough is where they used to film the original Emmerdale Farm.
the centre of Bradford is horrible housing wise-
move daaaawn sarf- no chance !!
15 August 2008, 12:48 PM
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Tax spend per capita (In England)
North East £8,177 - 111% of UK average identifiable expenditure
North West £7,798 - 106%
Yorkshire and Humberside £7,188 - 98%
East Midlands £6,491 - 88%
West Midlands £7,065 - 96%
Eastern £6,144 - 83%
London £8,404 - 114%
South East £6,304 - 86%
South West £6,677 - 91%
North East £8,177 - 111% of UK average identifiable expenditure
North West £7,798 - 106%
Yorkshire and Humberside £7,188 - 98%
East Midlands £6,491 - 88%
West Midlands £7,065 - 96%
Eastern £6,144 - 83%
London £8,404 - 114%
South East £6,304 - 86%
South West £6,677 - 91%
These figures though are VERY different to grant allocation and funding cuts in my sector
the other interesting(ish) thing from those figures is that all of them are high than the tax paid by the average British worker (asuming an average salary ~£25k). That surprises me.
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