To be a bit dismayed at the anti London sentiment I keep seeing here

[Tier4billion]

Not sure if it just happens to the threads I’m on, or if I’m being a bit sensitive - but reading on here at the moment you’d assume that the streets of London are something akin to scenes from 28 days later, and all of us are out throwing parties.

Some of us just don't like London.

@Bourbonic and that’s fine - but I suppose what I mean is Londoners.

I love London

It was the same when Liverpool’s had issues. Everyone hated it

Haha DH and I have been saying the same thing!! It’s so quiet round here, (Ealing) everyone just going about their normal business, no parties, no random family members turning up in our neighbour’s flats or houses.

When it was allowed to travel to see family at Christmas my mum didn’t want us to come because of the ‘mutant strain from London’ Obviously it was a moot point because we couldn’t travel anyway (it’s just been me and DH since we finished work for Christmas, not seen another soul we know except for video chat) . Honestly think she pictured us ‘Londoners’ running around slobbering like zombies and infecting everyone in sight!!
Few days later and she was in Tier 4 too

@SmidgenofaPigeon spoke to a friend who lives elsewhere last week and said I was off the supermarket - and it was like “oh wow you’re so brave”. 🙄

I live in Liverpool and the outpouring of vitriol at any given opportunity is really depressing. So I can relate.

Not seen the threads but there's 9 million Londoners in Greater London of all different nationalities. It's always a bit brainless to try and group them all together and stereotype them, but people love to stereotype and scapegoat.

@Tier4billion

Haha! That’s something my brother would say, they’ve not been out of their village for minus. I told him I’d go to the post office to post his and my nephew’s Christmas present and he asked if that was ‘allowed’

*months

@Ihatemyseleffordoingthis it strangely gets you down doesn’t it.

I dont have a problem with London or Londoners I have a problem with London being in Tier 2 for so long when it shouldn't have been and I have a problem with the first lockdown being lifted nationally when Londons figures were heading in the right direction, paying no attention to the fact areas in the North were still struggling.

Well at least 5 London based families turned up into our development on the night (very late) London was put into tier 4. They are just the ones I know about. We had no active cases now there's 10. Might be nothing to do with Londoners but you can see why there's resentment. And I'm an ex Londoner!

Well, the London general public didn’t actually make those rules, did they?

My comment was @Bunnybigears by the way.

@movingonup20 how do you know they were from London?

I'm annoyed with the government, not Londoners or London.

London will be paying for the rest of the country hot years to come

Should have said "there's 9 million Londoners in Greater London of all different nationalities and from all different regions of the UK . It's always a bit brainless to try and group them all together and stereotype them, but people love to stereotype and scapegoat"

@SmidgenofaPigeon which is why I said I didn't have a problem with London or Londoners, I have a problem with governments London centric policies.

Ok. I hear you. I don’t enjoy things being so London centric either. But it is what it is.

@Tier4billion

Not sure if it just happens to the threads I’m on, or if I’m being a bit sensitive - but reading on here at the moment you’d assume that the streets of London are something akin to scenes from 28 days later, and all of us are out throwing parties.

It was same with the north a few weeks/months ago

Blamers gotta blame

@Wearywithteens well no, I doubt that most do. Fact is if you’re living in a high rise in a shitty estate in London you probably don’t think about it.

Nor feel too privileged.