Birmingham

[filthy1980]

Aye.

I am in Harborne, that's next to Edgebaston and much better overall - very good pubs on high street

'tis true

green man always used to have its fair share of quality milf

[Scrag Meister]

A bit like District 13?

Or was it District 9? The one with parkour experts they were going to bomb, not the one with prawns.

Distict 13 was the parkour movie and District 9 was the apartheid comparison with aliens.

Both on about 7/10 depending on your taste of course.

Only ever been around Birmingham, never ventured in.

[Clippy]

Wonder if the lone worker, James Beards, will be burnt at the stake by the other residents at some point?

[alreadypacked]

and I bet they call themselves working class. Surely there should be a non working class

Under-class

[DimPrawn]

"Ha-ha. Yeah, you sneaky fookin' prawns, heh?"

[AtW]

Stuff them into tulipty estates like 'Cottsmeadow' while maintaining some rather smart places, such as Edgbaston (AtW's haunt),

Aye.

I am in Harborne, that's next to Edgebaston and much better overall - very good pubs on high street

[hyperD]

A bit like District 13?

Or was it District 9? The one with parkour experts they were going to bomb, not the one with prawns.

"Ha-ha. Yeah, you sneaky fookin' prawns, heh?"

[Mich the Tester]

Among 105 people who could hold jobs, forklift truck driver James Beards is believed to be the only resident who is in full-time employment.

Somebody should give that guy a mortgage so he can go and live somewhere better.

I have sympathy for him.

[DimPrawn]

and I bet they call themselves working class. Surely there should be a non working class

I would be working, but it's me back see? Makes me too depressed for work 'innit?

[BoredBloke]

I bet 99.1% of them vote Labour too!

and I bet they call themselves working class. Surely there should be a non working class

[xoggoth]

Good point. Concentrating chavs is sound policy.

[Doggy Styles]

I can't speak for AtW, but I can tell you that Birmingham has a very succesful way of dealing with the workshy and the feckless. Stuff them into tulipty estates like 'Cottsmeadow' while maintaining some rather smart places, such as Edgbaston (AtW's haunt), and keeping the surrounding countryside relatively chav-free, as well as redeveloping the city centre into something that could almost be called fashionable.

A bit like District 13?

Or was it District 9? The one with parkour experts they were going to bomb, not the one with prawns.

[Mich the Tester]

AtW, why do you want to spend your life there?

I can't speak for AtW, but I can tell you that Birmingham has a very succesful way of dealing with the workshy and the feckless. Stuff them into tulipty estates like 'Cottsmeadow' while maintaining some rather smart places, such as Edgbaston (AtW's haunt), and keeping the surrounding countryside relatively chav-free, as well as redeveloping the city centre into something that could almost be called fashionable.

Perhaps they should try it in London.

[hyperD]

I bet very few in the estate can be bothered to vote to be honest - would be interested to see the voter turnout figures...

Wiki doesn't show the turnout for Washwood Heath directly but shows a turnout across the whole area of 56%

Birmingham Hodge Hill (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birmingham, Hodge Hill - politics.co.uk

The constituency covers a diverse area of east Birmingham, including the predominantly Asian inner-city area of Washwood Heath and the mostly white area of Shard End on the city's eastern boundary, as well as Hodge Hill itself. The constituency is one of the most deprived in the region and contains very few middle-class residents.

Interesting to see over the decades the huge reduction in the Conservative vote.

[DimPrawn]

Britain's most workshy estate: The community of scroungers where just ONE person works | Mail Online

Britain’s worst benefits blackspot has been revealed – an area where just one person works for a living.
The rundown Cottsmeadow Estate in Washwood Heath, Birmingham tops a table of workshy communities.
Official figures show that 99.1 per cent of working-age adults there live off state handouts.


I bet 99.1% of them vote Labour too!

AtW, why do you want to spend your life there?