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This country is going down the pan isn't it?

213 replies

Sunflowerkeep · 23/08/2022 16:42

Mcdonalds Nottingham was raided by a gang of 50 kids, yes kids just young kids. It was upsetting to watch that. Kids being stabbed, inflation that's going to hit many hard. A corrupt government..any good points? I wish I could leave

OP posts:
planterscorgi · 23/08/2022 16:44

The seasons? Mind you, even those are changing.

newnamethanks · 23/08/2022 16:46

You're not wrong OP. We are all being screwed.

Suzi888 · 23/08/2022 16:47

Yup.

newnamethanks · 23/08/2022 16:50

But some good news. Missing women, Owame Davies, found alive and well according to Guardian newsflash

BrightYellowDaffodil · 23/08/2022 16:53

Bad things have always happened. Yes, there are a lot of things that really aren’t good at the moment but we seem to have a default setting of seeing everything as a trauma or a drama at the moment and it’s not helpful.

FarmerRefuted · 23/08/2022 16:59

The world is as its ever been and history tends to run in cycles of rise and fall, good and bad. The difference these days is that thanks to rolling 24/7 news coverage and global information you get to hear about everything that goes on.

WomanWomenGirlsFemale · 23/08/2022 17:07

newnamethanks a brilliant outcome if that news is true.

balalake · 23/08/2022 18:22

Is going? I would say has gone.

KyaClark · 23/08/2022 18:26

There's a gang of kids in balaclavas terrorising an area near me. It's horrible.

IAMNOTTHEONE2022 · 23/08/2022 18:26

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit. Those who were worried about too many people the 'wrong' colour landing on our shores! Ha, that will be the least of their problems with the shot show that has only just started. And, if we carry on getting heatwaves like this, we'll all be the same colour anyway.

And anyone that voted Tory. Blame those assholes, too! Not only is this country and embarrassment but so are half the people in it!!

FindingMeno · 23/08/2022 18:30

We could have had a decent PM but instead we are reaping what we sowed.

JustTheOneSwan · 23/08/2022 18:31

Sunflowerkeep · 23/08/2022 16:42

Mcdonalds Nottingham was raided by a gang of 50 kids, yes kids just young kids. It was upsetting to watch that. Kids being stabbed, inflation that's going to hit many hard. A corrupt government..any good points? I wish I could leave

It happened on Oxford Street last week too, a designer shop I think.
Not much media about it.
Imo because they don't want the spark to catch light.

Nightlystroll · 23/08/2022 18:31

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit.

Seriously! Those 50 kids stormed McDonald's over Brexit?! Aw, are they worried about their Erasmus places? 🙄

UnnecessaryFennel · 23/08/2022 18:32

YANBU OP.

We have just returned from a week in France. I know that everywhere has its issues, but dh and I had several serious conversations about whether or not we should be aiming to get a retirement visa in a few years and move out there. The UK is just a fucking mess right now and I can't see how it will improve.

I usually look forward to coming home, but not this time...

LizzieSiddal · 23/08/2022 18:33

IAMNOTTHEONE2022 · Today 18:26
Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit. Those who were worried about too many people the 'wrong' colour landing on our shores! Ha, that will be the least of their problems with the shot show that has only just started. And, if we carry on getting heatwaves like this, we'll all be the same colour anyway.*

And anyone that voted Tory. Blame those assholes, too! Not only is this country and embarrassment but so are half the people in it!!

Agree! Of course there are massive world wide issues but the UK are in a very bad place to deal with this because of Brexit.

x2boys · 23/08/2022 18:36

IAMNOTTHEONE2022 · 23/08/2022 18:26

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit. Those who were worried about too many people the 'wrong' colour landing on our shores! Ha, that will be the least of their problems with the shot show that has only just started. And, if we carry on getting heatwaves like this, we'll all be the same colour anyway.

And anyone that voted Tory. Blame those assholes, too! Not only is this country and embarrassment but so are half the people in it!!

How exactly is it the fault of Brexit ,that gangs of kids are terrorising McDonald's or an increase in gun crime?

CreepyPasta · 23/08/2022 18:37

How on earth is 50 kids terrorising a McDonald’s down to Brexit?? They’d have been what.. 8 when the referendum happened??

Florenz · 23/08/2022 18:38

Brexit is to blame for everything it seems.

DailyMope · 23/08/2022 18:39

Nightlystroll · 23/08/2022 18:31

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit.

Seriously! Those 50 kids stormed McDonald's over Brexit?! Aw, are they worried about their Erasmus places? 🙄

😁

TokidokiBarbie · 23/08/2022 18:41

Brexit ate my homework. 😂

Snog · 23/08/2022 18:43

I don't think turning the general population against each other over brexit or who voted for who is a great way to go.
Most of us are finding the same things hard. Let's stand together.

UrsulaPandress · 23/08/2022 18:43

Seriously you need to get over Brexit and move on.

I agree, we are all going to hell in a handcart and Brexit is the least of our problems.

Petesbowtie9 · 23/08/2022 18:43

Nightlystroll · 23/08/2022 18:31

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit.

Seriously! Those 50 kids stormed McDonald's over Brexit?! Aw, are they worried about their Erasmus places? 🙄

Hahaha excellent response re Erasmus

People that are blaming the fall of Britain in Brexit - how do you blame the problems in other countries ? All of Europe is suffering in various ways , as is the States . My knowledge of anywhere else isn’t that great , but for sure China also has its own problems.

IpanemaChic · 23/08/2022 18:54

It’s the patients dying while waiting for an ambulance or to be admitted into a and e that really worries me. I think we’re ready for that 350 million £ a week Brexit fans. Not sure why that hasn’t happened ?

LaFemmeNicola · 23/08/2022 18:57

IAMNOTTHEONE2022 · 23/08/2022 18:26

Blame it on the fuckwits who voted Brexit. Those who were worried about too many people the 'wrong' colour landing on our shores! Ha, that will be the least of their problems with the shot show that has only just started. And, if we carry on getting heatwaves like this, we'll all be the same colour anyway.

And anyone that voted Tory. Blame those assholes, too! Not only is this country and embarrassment but so are half the people in it!!

How are you drawing a line from Brexit to feral council-estate kids attacking a McDonalds?