This is what the Beeb reports.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46059306
Now, isn't that surprising? (not)
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It might not be surprising but it is very sad. Some of our great towns and cities are in what may be terminal decline. What’s to be done? We are already seeing the political consequences of this.
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"We are already seeing the political consequences of this"
What, in particular, are you thinking of?
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>> It might not be surprising but it is very sad. Some of our great towns
>> and cities are in what may be terminal decline. What’s to be done? We are
>> already seeing the political consequences of this.
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Parts of some our Cities are in decline, other parts have been there and are gentrifying, where the cycle will then happen again. Political consequences always occur from these cycles, its been UK urban history for centuries.
Its mirrored in other cities round the world, its only alarming when you try and take a snapshot. Cities are not a moment in time.
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"Grimsby led the unhealthy High Street list"
Something fishy about that report.
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>> Political consequences always occur from these cycles,
>> its been UK urban history for centuries.
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I've recently been reading about life in London in the late 18th century.
Culture, literature, theatres, newspapers, pamphlets, painting, arts and crafts, pubs, ready-food, takeaway pie shops, poetry, fashion, fine clothes, architecture.
Also drunkenness, prostitution, muggings, rioting, sewage, offal. The 1749 by-election in Westminster was one of the most violent on record. Unpopular politicians and royalty routinely pelted with stones and rotten eggs, or their house windows smashed.
All part of a vibrant living changing city.
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Where do these rioters get their rotten eggs from? It is a very fragile thing to carry about with you. You wouldn't carry them in your trouser pocket - would you?
I think there is an opening here for an entrepreneur like Zero, say. He could load up that ole Beemer with the rotten eggs and flog 'em to any unruly groups. Egg spillage wouldn't show in the beige interior.
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>> Egg spillage wouldn't show in the beige interior.
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As it is used as a dog van it would most likely smell the same too. :-)
Last edited by: Old Navy on Fri 2 Nov 18 at 13:34
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Un/Healthiest High Street in the UK? - CGNorwich
