Reply to: Argh! Invasion! Poa people to be sent oop north

[suityou01]

I'm pretty sure that "Up North" to a Londoner means Luton.

And "Up North" to us carrot crunchers in Luton means Milton Keynes

[Spacecadet]

I thought Labour had eliminated all that.

So WTF did they do for their own heartlands during their 13 years?

allowed vast swathes of pointless service related companies to flourish in an artificial boom of cheap credit and then die when the chavs stopped being able to apply for new credit cards.

But at least everyone got to cover one of their living room walls with a TV

[shaunbhoy]

Your (incorrect) assumption is that I am poor

Compared to the standard of living experienced by you peasants resident North of the Border (aka England's Leper colony) my personal wealth would mean automatic qualification as a Laird... and the opportunity to Lord it over you lot could be interesting.

Top bananas for whoever dreamed up this piece of social engineering - remove the lower social orders from the South I like it! and bonus if immigrants are included - especially émigrés resident in Devon


HTH

[Doggy Styles]

True. Places like Burnley, Accrington, Nelson - already pretty low economically, will definitely not appreciate even more people on the dole.

I thought Labour had eliminated all that.

So WTF did they do for their own heartlands during their 13 years?

[kandr]

True. Places like Burnley, Accrington, Nelson - already pretty low economically, will definitely not appreciate even more people on the dole.

Scotland isn't exactly booming though, I think they should go SE of London.

[lilelvis2000]

I'm sure Scots love being thought of as 'up north' like it's part of England.

In the real north, everyone here is poor already. And we have high unemployment, going to get worse since the NE is particularly dependent on public sector jobs. So sending more people here isn't going to help. Scotland can have them.

True. Places like Burnley, Accrington, Nelson - already pretty low economically, will definitely not appreciate even more people on the dole.

[lilelvis2000]

I think when they say up north they mean Birmingham not Scotland.

I'm pretty sure that "Up North" to a Londoner means Luton.

[RichardCranium]

Can't they go to the Isle of Man?

Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!

Where do I sign?

Om nom nom.

[kandr]

I'm sure Scots love being thought of as 'up north' like it's part of England.

In the real north, everyone here is poor already. And we have high unemployment, going to get worse since the NE is particularly dependent on public sector jobs. So sending more people here isn't going to help. Scotland can have them.

Can't they go to Nothern Ireland or the Isle of Man

[d000hg]

I'm sure Scots love being thought of as 'up north' like it's part of England.

In the real north, everyone here is poor already. And we have high unemployment, going to get worse since the NE is particularly dependent on public sector jobs. So sending more people here isn't going to help. Scotland can have them.

[RichardCranium]

Please may I be sent to Stirling or Edinburgh, please, thank you.

I think when they say up north they mean Birmingham not Scotland.

Oh. Bollocks. Anyway, that's darn Sarf, that is.

[kandr]

I think when they say up north they mean Birmingham not Scotland.

[Svalbaard]

Wrong solution.

The correct solution is to keep all of the wealthy down South with all of the poor to do the grunt work. It's the "useless third of the population" that need to be sent North in a B-Ark.

[OwlHoot]

I wish they'd do the same with tourists,

There are nice mountains and lochs in Scotland, so why do all the wretched rubberneckers have to clutter up London?

[Troll]

Your (incorrect) assumption is that I am poor

Compared to the standard of living experienced by you peasants resident North of the Border (aka England's Leper colony) my personal wealth would mean automatic qualification as a Laird... and the opportunity to Lord it over you lot could be interesting.

Top bananas for whoever dreamed up this piece of social engineering - remove the lower social orders from the South I like it! and bonus if immigrants are included - especially émigrés resident in Devon



HTH