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MikeH is offline MikeH
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Measured by output per head, the North East lags 40% behind the South East.


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someone born in the North East is likely to have a shorter life, fewer qualifications and earn less than someone born in the South East


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3044644.stm
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What about the higher likelihood of being involved in a race riot

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And the higher likelihood of being a victim of crime generally?

Ok, so far we have that Northerners are poorer, less productive, worse qualified, more likely to be involved in a race riot and more likely to be a victim of crime.
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They do say it's grim up north...
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They also have worse weather.
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The poor bastards...the weather's been shite down here this past week.

I mean...July and it barely scrapes into the 20s!
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I was in Somerset until Tuesday and it was beautiful.
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Git...
MikeH is offline MikeH
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Sitting on a hill overlooking the sea, watching the sun set... *ahhh* It's great being back at work.

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They're also more likely to be living in squalid cities left derelict by industrial collapse.
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left derelict by industrial collapse


Its all Thatchers fault

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The weather's been great up here actually.
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Its all Thatchers fault


I think you might need to look at the period 1974-9 for the real reasons for industrial decline...
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Poor brits

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I think you might need to look at the period 1974-9 for the real reasons for industrial decline...


Yeah, she was only in power for 13 years, what could she have done about it.

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11 years...

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It felt like 13.

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I'll let you into a secret. Not all parts of the North of England are grimy post-industrial hellholes. You can even get decent beer for less than £5 a pint

The weather is generally poor though.

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You get London Pride up there? It's not all bad then.
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The bar across the road from me is 99p, all drinks.
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yeah weather's been nice down here, pissed it down on monday or tuesday though (can't remember, but if mike says it was nice on tuesday then probably monday ).

and as my late grandad was fond of saying 'once you get north of watford, everything turns to rat ****'.

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"any drink you want, so long as it's piss"
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"any drink you want, so long as it's piss"


Well, they do serve Fosters...
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x-fear!

I suppose drink has to be cheap, if you live somewhere so depressing what else is there to do?
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It felt like 13.


never mind, at her age they don't usually last long after their spouse dies!

BTW have you read some of the tributes in the right wing press
to the old duffer? He comes across as a mixture of Winston Churchcill, Einstien and Oscar Wilde!
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It's ludicrous. He got a knighthood for (presumably) knobbing Maggie at some point. Can anyone name anything else he did except play golf and drink gin?
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Watching from over here, I must admit some astonishment at the amount of vitriol being thrown at the man. Is this normal treatment for the spouses of disliked pols? I'm thinking back, and I can't say I remember Pat Nixon being treated this way.
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That's not vitriol. It's bewilderment. In fact, the coverage has been highly sympathetic given his more unsavoury opinions.
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It was the overall impression I was getting from threads on the topic here and at other places.

"Ding dong the witch('s husband) is dead!" sticks out in my mind in particular.
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Watching from over here, I must admit some astonishment at the amount of vitriol being thrown at the man. Is this normal treatment for the spouses of disliked pols? I'm thinking back, and I can't say I remember Pat Nixon being treated this way.


He was well known for having what can be politley discribed as 'old fashioned' opinions regarding race and class!
 
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