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Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.
Quote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.Not sure where you’ve got your info from Selby, but as a long time resident of our fair capital I can assure you that public transport down here is light years ahead of the rest of the country. It’s fairly cheap, very convenient and pretty safe. As River Don points out, a night out down here (in the centre of London anyway) isn’t cheap at all. £7 a pint isn’t unusual. Young ‘uns these days simply can’t afford it very often. Saying that, you’ll struggle to find an empty boozer in the west end on an evening. About it not being an English city anymore, what makes you say that?
Apparently 1,100 clubs and bars have closed in London over the last 3 years. That tells its own story. Pubs and clubs might well still be full, there are just far fewer of them. The centre, Soho and south bank are probably all still doing well, with the tourist trade as much as anything. When I was still living in Shepherds Bush I can think of 4 pubs in that area that closed. That was a while back now, but let's face it pubs have steadily been closing everywhere for quite a long period now.
Quote from: River Don on March 09, 2024, 02:45:50 pmApparently 1,100 clubs and bars have closed in London over the last 3 years. That tells its own story. Pubs and clubs might well still be full, there are just far fewer of them. The centre, Soho and south bank are probably all still doing well, with the tourist trade as much as anything. When I was still living in Shepherds Bush I can think of 4 pubs in that area that closed. That was a while back now, but let's face it pubs have steadily been closing everywhere for quite a long period now. Pubs have been shutting down all over the country, not just London.
Quote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.London not an English city anymore? What does he mean...
Quote from: wilts rover on March 09, 2024, 06:02:26 pmQuote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.London not an English city anymore? What does he mean...It's quite obvious, and you know exactly what he means
Quote from: River Don on March 09, 2024, 02:45:50 pmApparently 1,100 clubs and bars have closed in London over the last 3 years. That tells its own story. Pubs and clubs might well still be full, there are just far fewer of them. The centre, Soho and south bank are probably all still doing well, with the tourist trade as much as anything. When I was still living in Shepherds Bush I can think of 4 pubs in that area that closed. That was a while back now, but let's face it pubs have steadily been closing everywhere for quite a long period now.Were QPR your second team, RD, when you were living in Shepherds Bush?
Quote from: Herbert Anchovy on March 09, 2024, 01:42:06 pmQuote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.Not sure where you’ve got your info from Selby, but as a long time resident of our fair capital I can assure you that public transport down here is light years ahead of the rest of the country. It’s fairly cheap, very convenient and pretty safe. As River Don points out, a night out down here (in the centre of London anyway) isn’t cheap at all. £7 a pint isn’t unusual. Young ‘uns these days simply can’t afford it very often. Saying that, you’ll struggle to find an empty boozer in the west end on an evening. About it not being an English city anymore, what makes you say that?Ignorance.
Quote from: Iberian Red on March 09, 2024, 01:57:32 pmQuote from: Herbert Anchovy on March 09, 2024, 01:42:06 pmQuote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.Not sure where you’ve got your info from Selby, but as a long time resident of our fair capital I can assure you that public transport down here is light years ahead of the rest of the country. It’s fairly cheap, very convenient and pretty safe. As River Don points out, a night out down here (in the centre of London anyway) isn’t cheap at all. £7 a pint isn’t unusual. Young ‘uns these days simply can’t afford it very often. Saying that, you’ll struggle to find an empty boozer in the west end on an evening. About it not being an English city anymore, what makes you say that?Ignorance.Ignorance.Bigotry.Racism.
Quote from: Pancho Regan on March 09, 2024, 10:28:00 pmQuote from: Iberian Red on March 09, 2024, 01:57:32 pmQuote from: Herbert Anchovy on March 09, 2024, 01:42:06 pmQuote from: selby on March 09, 2024, 11:51:50 am Apparently the entertainment and night time economy is bombing, not surprising with the transport costs the Labour regime in power have imposed on the place and it not being seen as safe as many would like with knife crime and muggins an epidemic. Plus it isn't really an English city anymore is it? and you go on holiday for a change of entertainment and its cheaper.Not sure where you’ve got your info from Selby, but as a long time resident of our fair capital I can assure you that public transport down here is light years ahead of the rest of the country. It’s fairly cheap, very convenient and pretty safe. As River Don points out, a night out down here (in the centre of London anyway) isn’t cheap at all. £7 a pint isn’t unusual. Young ‘uns these days simply can’t afford it very often. Saying that, you’ll struggle to find an empty boozer in the west end on an evening. About it not being an English city anymore, what makes you say that?Ignorance.Ignorance.Bigotry.Racism.They do tend to go hand in hand don't they Pancho.
AS usual make your own decision - Mrs Coleman said "How does he manage when he is walking down the street ?" "BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake has said an “overwhelmingly white” working environment is affecting his mental health."https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/bbc-presenter-says-overwhelmingly-white-workplace-affects-his-mental-health/ar-AA1kIVmj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=5b5d001c673a4dc8acd7383b77c4fb72&ei=21BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake has said an “overwhelmingly white” working environment is affecting his mental health.~~~~~~~~~~~~~The presenter told a journalism diversity conference on Wednesday: “It’s really affecting me that I walk in and all I see is white people.”His colleagues’ response when he told them this was to reply defensively that they were not being racist, he claimed as he said that was missing the point.Speaking at the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) conference at BBC Media City in Salford, he said: “I’ve seen a lot of people leave this building because they couldn’t deal with the culture.”He also said others found they had to try to be a certain type of person to progress with the broadcaster, adding: “If you want journalists to progress, they have to be who they are.”“I don’t think there’s a single Muslim involved in the senior editorial processes” at BBC Radio 5 Live, he added.He went on: “The hardest thing is to walk into a room, look around and nobody looks like you.”The presenter made the comments in an on-stage interview with Jo Adetunji, editor of The Conversation, at the JDF’s annual equality, diversity and inclusion conference organised by the NCTJ, which trains new journalists.The JDF awards bursaries to aspiring journalists from diverse backgrounds who do not have the financial means to support themselves through their training. here's the punchline ..... Mr Arthanayake added that he has noticed a difference since moving north after living in London for 20 years. He said: “Since moving up here, being called the P-word – that didn’t happen in London. You’d get a slap for that in London, not even from me.”Following the interview, Cheryl Varley, a BBC Radio 5 Live producer, said the organisation is committed to tackling the lack of diversity in its newsrooms.
I’m genuinely interested to know why anyone would claim that London isn’t an English city anymore? What is behind this, specifically? Is it non-white people living here, the number of different languages spoken, maybe different religions? Or could it be the number of foreign cars on the roads, maybe it’s too many Chinese takeaways, or possibly that many folk who do the most ‘menial’ jobs are of foreign descent? I’m not going to accuse anyone of being racist but I’d like to know, specifically, what it is about London that makes it ‘no longer English’? Oh, and for the record, I’m sure that every single person of colour that I know and living in London classes themselves as English. They get up and go to work, they like to relax in front of the telly, some of them like a pint, most go to the football (West Ham & Spurs mostly), they want England to win at the cricket (There you go Norman Tebbitt), and they joined in the street parties for the Queens birthday. A couple of them even served in the armed forces too. They just happen to have skin that’s tinted a bit differently to mine. So, if I need to tell them that their city isn’t English anymore then I’d appreciate a bit of rationale if possible?
I am not a racist Wilts, its the modern way of closing realists down. It's Billy's go to get out and others. They prefer to sleep walk and shout.