Chavs in Britain

[Mich the Tester]

Now I'm not going to pretend that no other country on earth has chavs or a local equivalent. Here in Holland we have Tokkies and the like with their resplendent mullets, and anywhere in the world there are little groups of failed ugly little tulips who spend their days generally annoying everybody else, nicking stuff, vandalising stuff and so on.

The thing is, in most countries you only see a few of them here and there. But on my last 5 or 6 visits to the UK, entering through different airports or railway stations, I've noticed that the time-to-first-chav-sighting has fallen to about 30 seconds after alighting from train or plane. It then goes on; even in quite attractive towns and rather posh areas, groups of acne ridden greasy haired tracksuit wearers are to be seen on every corner, meaning it now seems almost impossible to spend more than one minute traversing a populated area of Britain on foot without seeing a chav.

What is it precisely about Britain, an otherwise rather splendid place that has given the world so many good things like railways, jet engines, decent rock music and nuns in latex outfits (huh? Zat voz ze Germans!), that has led to such a surplus of grotty little tulipes?

[Spacecadet]

we need a proper war, one which means compulsory conscription.

[pacharan]

groups of acne ridden greasy haired tracksuit wearers are to be seen on every corner, meaning it now seems almost impossible to spend more than one minute traversing a populated area of Britain on foot without seeing a chav.

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover Mitchell.

[TimberWolf]

We had mass immigration that has left a young underclass which is jobless and prospectless. Totally fecked.

[DimPrawn]

We had mass immigration that has left a young underclass which is jobless and prospectless. Totally fecked.

WHS.

The young were passed over for cheap immigrants to boost temporarily boost GDP and Big Co profits.

[sasguru]

WHS.

The young are too lazy and proud to work in menial jobs.
And too stupid to work in non-menial jobs

FTFY.
HTH

[cailin maith]

Now I'm not going to pretend that no other country on earth has chavs or a local equivalent. Here in Holland we have Tokkies and the like with their resplendent mullets, and anywhere in the world there are little groups of failed ugly little tulips who spend their days generally annoying everybody else, nicking stuff, vandalising stuff and so on.

The thing is, in most countries you only see a few of them here and there. But on my last 5 or 6 visits to the UK, entering through different airports or railway stations, I've noticed that the time-to-first-chav-sighting has fallen to about 30 seconds after alighting from train or plane. It then goes on; even in quite attractive towns and rather posh areas, groups of acne ridden greasy haired tracksuit wearers are to be seen on every corner, meaning it now seems almost impossible to spend more than one minute traversing a populated area of Britain on foot without seeing a chav.

What is it precisely about Britain, an otherwise rather splendid place that has given the world so many good things like railways, jet engines, decent rock music and nuns in latex outfits (huh? Zat voz ze Germans!), that has led to such a surplus of grotty little tulipes?

No luvvie - I'm Irish not British.

[sasguru]

We had mass immigration that has left a young underclass which is jobless and prospectless. Totally fecked.

Really? Why are there chavs in areas without many immigrants like Zummerzet or Norfook-my-sister then?

[DimPrawn]

Really? Why are there chavs in areas without many immigrants like Zummerzet or Norfook-my-sister then?

There are lots of Eastern Europe immigrants in Norfolk and Summerset, working in agriculture, hospitality, and food processing jobs. Typically jobs of the old working classes.

British workers compete for seasonal jobs as recession bites | UK news | The Guardian

Before New Labour and the handover of power to Europe, these Eastern Europeans would have no right to work and live here.

[TimberWolf]

Really? Why are there chavs in areas without many immigrants like Zummerzet or Norfook-my-sister then?

You want me to do your work? Why not instead back up your assertion with figures?

I'll back up the youth unemployed part that I referred to, with the reason for the correlation with mass immigration left as an exercise.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show youth unemployment jumped to a new high, after the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work climbed by 66,000 to 965,000.
News: Youth unemployment hits record high - UK Net Guide

Almost a million 16 to 24 year old's out of work, and still climbing.

It appears to be a Europe wide problem though by the looks of it:
Europe grapples with youth unemployment - CNN.com

though:

Only Germany and the Netherlands have youth unemployment rates below 10 per cent.