How did we like our first view of Scunthorpe?
13 May 2013, 10:35 PM
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How did we like our first view of Scunthorpe?
On "Skint" on Channel 4 9pm tonight?
Awful, eh? And this town, of only 70,000 souls has THREE sink estates like that, four if you count the smaller one at the end of Ashby.
Not sure what the answer is. The guy HAD a job, but was made redundant...... now he hasn't worked for a year.
The kids were just out of control.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been poured into those estates and they are still as bad and getting worse.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Awful, eh? And this town, of only 70,000 souls has THREE sink estates like that, four if you count the smaller one at the end of Ashby.
Not sure what the answer is. The guy HAD a job, but was made redundant...... now he hasn't worked for a year.
The kids were just out of control.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been poured into those estates and they are still as bad and getting worse.
Welcome to the 21st century.
13 May 2013, 11:10 PM
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They're like some kind of human sub species, I can't believe people live like that.
The young tear away on the motor bike showed some skills though, three up pulling a wheelie
I'd still vaporise him though, no good for the future of this country no matter how much money the government through at him.
Nik.
The young tear away on the motor bike showed some skills though, three up pulling a wheelie
I'd still vaporise him though, no good for the future of this country no matter how much money the government through at him.Nik.
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14 May 2013, 11:12 AM
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Me, I was at work till 2am today, at said steelworks, doing overtime to provide for my family - as well as the scruffy bastids families on this show via my taxes.
That's where I was
Jeff, I live at the end of Ashby, be a bit more location specific as my road is pretty good
That's where I was
Jeff, I live at the end of Ashby, be a bit more location specific as my road is pretty good
14 May 2013, 11:18 AM
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I wonder are there no jobs in Scunthorpe? or just none that these lot are prepared to do. It is depressing as I have worked on estates like these and they are not just confined to up north. These people know that if they do not bother trying at life, the state will look after them.
14 May 2013, 12:04 PM
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I lived on the New Westcliffe part (over the main road from what you guys saw on the program) for the first 6 years of my life and visited the precinct most days with my mum. The precinct wasn't as bad back then, about 25 years ago, with just the usual drunks around 'the wall'. Thing is, in 25 years said drunks have had kids that in turn have kids too, which have spread the same workahy lack of morals.
And when the leftie do-gooders try make excuses up (lack of investment etc) for them, it's not exactly gonna make the scruffy bastids see sense or change their ways is it.
As an example, a local Labour councillor tweeted just after the program that she would be sitting on 'the wall' signing autographs today as she's proud of Scunthorpe's welfare state
Apparently buying nicked goods from the back of someone's car or scrapping on behalf of a mate in the pub is 'showing community spirit' and 'looking after each other'. Couldn't make it up.
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14 May 2013, 12:08 PM
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I like the romantic story of how he met his wife,
" I was p1ssed up in the pub one night and my mate rang her trying to sort out a one night stand and we have been together ever since with her 5 kids from 5 dads."
its like romeo and Juliet I tell yah............
" I was p1ssed up in the pub one night and my mate rang her trying to sort out a one night stand and we have been together ever since with her 5 kids from 5 dads."
its like romeo and Juliet I tell yah............
14 May 2013, 12:42 PM
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as is most of the South East tbh
I was talking to the owner of a film production company over the weekend (in a bar in Hoxton)
He said he could not find anyone to employ – and the jobs he was offering where starting at 25k
Some very good friends have just sold a house in Queens Park and moved to Cambridge (pretty simple 4 bed house) -- £1.6 Million
Will the northeast get any of this wealth – not a fvcking chance
14 May 2013, 12:43 PM
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no it isn't - London is booming, booming so much you can literally smell the wealth and prosperity
as is most of the South East tbh
I was talking to the owner of a film production company over the weekend (in a bar in Hoxton)
He said he could not find anyone to employ – and the jobs he was offering where starting at 25k
Some very good friends have just sold a house in Queens Park and moved to Cambridge (pretty simple 4 bed house) -- £1.6 Million
Will the northeast get any of this wealth – not a fvcking chance
as is most of the South East tbh
I was talking to the owner of a film production company over the weekend (in a bar in Hoxton)
He said he could not find anyone to employ – and the jobs he was offering where starting at 25k
Some very good friends have just sold a house in Queens Park and moved to Cambridge (pretty simple 4 bed house) -- £1.6 Million
Will the northeast get any of this wealth – not a fvcking chance
no offence to anyone who lives there but London is a total dirty sh1te hole.
14 May 2013, 01:04 PM
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Watched a Sarah Beeny house prog last night - sh1tty, dirty, run down flats (ie just the downstairs of a normal house!) was £385k!!
Gonna get a mortgage for that at £25k pa - not a ******* chance!
The housing market in this country is fcucked for most people now.
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14 May 2013, 01:04 PM
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That young lad. God I could feel,my anger getting worse while watching him. The way he treated his mother. Needs a slap.
£15 ********? No thanks. God knows what you'd catch off her.
Overall, they all seemed to blame the system than blaming themselves. No one has knocked on their door offering them a job, so why should I do anything?
Scum.
£15 ********? No thanks. God knows what you'd catch off her.
Overall, they all seemed to blame the system than blaming themselves. No one has knocked on their door offering them a job, so why should I do anything?
Scum.
14 May 2013, 01:06 PM
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That young lad. God I could feel,my anger getting worse while watching him. The way he treated his mother. Needs a slap.
£15 ********? No thanks. God knows what you'd catch off her.
Overall, they all seemed to blame the system than blaming themselves. No one has knocked on their door offering them a job, so why should I do anything?
Scum.
£15 ********? No thanks. God knows what you'd catch off her.
Overall, they all seemed to blame the system than blaming themselves. No one has knocked on their door offering them a job, so why should I do anything?
Scum.
the bloke who has grounded his daughter for shop lifting then buys stolen stuff,gets drunk all day and is generally fat and useless.
he is her role model
14 May 2013, 01:09 PM
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and I love getting in the train at Kings Cross to come home (although will be back, at the "home of football" tonight)
I still have property in central London, and loved growing up in London - best city on earth imo, but for the young really, or the very very rich
and net value of properties in just 10 London boroughs – Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Wandsworth, Barnet, Camden, Richmond, Ealing, Bromley, Hammersmith & Fulham and Lambeth – now outstrips the worth of all the properties in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland combined.
and in a few years you will be able to add the whole of the North East too
kushti
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14 May 2013, 01:10 PM
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Having been offered "the treatment" for £10 just off West Street one night, I can confirm the full works is available from these classy bitches for knockdown prices.
Also, if you and your mate want two's up, it's 50% off the total price.
Ikea for prostitutes anyone
14 May 2013, 01:22 PM
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...n-cheap-labour
"The prime minister's adviser on enterprise has told the cabinet that the economic downturn is an excellent time for new businesses to boost profits and grow because labour is cheap"
fill thy boots
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14 May 2013, 02:24 PM
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The fat bloke in very tight pants had some good quotes though:
"I just spunk in a hanky and the flies do the rest"
"we just feed and breed"
"I just spunk in a hanky and the flies do the rest"
"we just feed and breed"
14 May 2013, 04:55 PM
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I was shocked watching this program
what a bunch of scroungers and utter idiots was on that show last night
the little idiot that was missing school and was mouthing off to his mother needs to get back handed for being a little c***
I cant believe how these scumbags are getting away with not working and just sitting around all day and getting government hand outs
while the rest of us are working our backsides off to feed our family's
also the woman who was shop lifting what a total skag who would pay a tenner to get a bj from that mutant
no sympathy for that slag either maybe her life would of turned out ok if she wasn't spazticated and didnt get hooked on drugs
I reckon when when police find a drug haul of heroin they should shake dried out battery acid into the heroin batch
and then pretend they didnt find any thing so the heroin goes out to the junkies so when they take it they fry from the inside !
what a bunch of scroungers and utter idiots was on that show last night
the little idiot that was missing school and was mouthing off to his mother needs to get back handed for being a little c***
I cant believe how these scumbags are getting away with not working and just sitting around all day and getting government hand outs
while the rest of us are working our backsides off to feed our family's
also the woman who was shop lifting what a total skag who would pay a tenner to get a bj from that mutant
no sympathy for that slag either maybe her life would of turned out ok if she wasn't spazticated and didnt get hooked on drugs
I reckon when when police find a drug haul of heroin they should shake dried out battery acid into the heroin batch
and then pretend they didnt find any thing so the heroin goes out to the junkies so when they take it they fry from the inside !
14 May 2013, 05:34 PM
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Do the police ever think of posing as a TV crew ?
They seem pretty happy talking about stealing motorbikes , shoplifting , drug dealing/using , prostitution , handling/buying stolen goods , criminal damage , removing tags etc etc. I mean the camera watched wee lads hide a stolen scooter while the cops ran around aimlessly looking !
"skint" wasnt the best title either , they seemed far from it. "Dirty theiving scrounging lazy *****" is closer .
They seem pretty happy talking about stealing motorbikes , shoplifting , drug dealing/using , prostitution , handling/buying stolen goods , criminal damage , removing tags etc etc. I mean the camera watched wee lads hide a stolen scooter while the cops ran around aimlessly looking !
"skint" wasnt the best title either , they seemed far from it. "Dirty theiving scrounging lazy *****" is closer .
