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@[email protected] to World [email protected] • 11 months ago

Birmingham, Britain's second-largest city, is being forced to dim lights and cut sanitation services due to bankruptcy

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Birmingham, Britain's second-largest city, is being forced to dim lights and cut sanitation services due to bankruptcy

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@[email protected] to World [email protected] • 11 months ago
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The UK's second-biggest city is so broke they can no longer keep the lights on
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Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial city but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay out and children grow up below the poverty line.
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      14•11 months ago

      lmao chuds downvoting the elephant in the room

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        The UK has spent 12.5 billion pounds on Ukraine in the last 28 months, which at around 5.4 billion per year is 0.4% of the UK’s budget. That’s not an elephant in the room, it’s a mouse under the fridge.

        It’s not being mentioned because it isn’t significant. The downvotes are because obvious disinformation is obvious.

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          15% of UK households went hungry as of February this year, I’m pretty sure 12.5 BILLION pounds could’ve done a lot of them, but instead that money was spent in Ukraine. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/27/health-emergency-15-of-uk-households-went-hungry-last-month-data-shows

          The deplorable regime in UK doesn’t give a shit about its own people, let alone Ukrainians.

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          Hmm 12.5Billion pounds eh? How much would it cost to “keep the lights on” in Birmingham do you reckon?

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            They could always tax the rich, but sure, let’s pretend that the only possible option is the one that helps Russia.

            There’s a reason why that government is polling so low that it may not even be the opposition in two weeks.

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      Not only does that not have anything to do with the topic at hand, but I’m also much more worried about the very real hostile take over of a nation than some people’s fucking street lights.

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        imagine thinking that spending billions on a proxy war does not have anything to do with the domestic decline in UK 🤡

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        People forget that the first country the Tories fucked up was their own.

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      1000009752

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      Damnit. I hate when my local city government’s finances are too fucked to pay the energy bill, but still have money for military weapons procurement.

      Wait a minute…local city governments are able to purchase air launched cruise missiles and anti-tank weapons!!! And they can export them to!!!

      Dude I think you might be onto something, that is pretty wild…makes you wonder what the dog catcher is really up to… probably moonlights with gig economy wetwork.

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        local city governments are able to purchase air launched cruise missiles and anti-tank weapons?!?! And

        In Texas maybe.

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          In Texas maybe.

          Dont’ forget NYPD https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-nypd-megatruck-that-showed-up-at-hamilton-hall/ar-AA1nZJJZ

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            If only they budget in some courage. There were 400 cops at Uvalde. Not to be a tough guy, but its part of their job.

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        The Birmingham WMD industry is second only to Russia, which is, has always been, and will always be, number one in everything. Do not piss on the nationalist propaganda parade.

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