Talk to any cabbie in the UK

Eastern European, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, whatever.

It's amazing how close they are on most topics, how they all see Britain imploding on itself, and how far they are from the Metropolitan Left.

Posted By: phrankin on August 29th 2026 at 12:07:43

Message Thread

City 3 Place like Middlesborough which isn't Middlesborough 1 (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 07:38:48
- So bad you posted it twice (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 29, 08:43:14
  - Like New York or Lualua (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 09:30:34
  - I still don’t understand it either (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 09:05:43
    - VMT 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Aug 29, 09:31:51
    - everybody else understands it (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 09:22:09
      - Oh ok, I get it now. Not going to get involved in the discussion though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 10:43:40
      - Residents of Yarmouth, Lowestoft and surrounding areas (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 29, 09:31:15
        
        Just leave off the title of that post (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 10:25:11
        
        Watching some of the news about Boro in recent days (NCFC) - jamesward, Aug 29, 10:58:35
        
        The news from around the UK these days seems unrelentingly awful (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 11:30:35
        
        White working classes are now the worst performers at GCSE (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 11:37:59
        
        On the bright side.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 29, 14:33:17
        
        They have been for some time (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 12:05:50
        
        I'm in Croatia atm, with family (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 11:45:13
        
        Talk to any cabbie in the UK (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 12:07:43
        
        if you are implying that ... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 09:49:02
        
        Great Yarmouth, Burnley and Middlesbrough are all in the top 10 percentile (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:24:52
        
        i dont know how they measure something like that ..... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 10:36:00
        
        LOLF (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:39:37
        
        Twat (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 15:53:47
        
        ^^^VMT^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:37:23
        
        Some districts in Norwich are equally deprived (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 10:32:18
        
        I'm not talking about the absence of a 50" plasma TV. I mean genuine poverty (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:36:18
        
        It’s not a competition and comes in different forms (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 11:09:38
        
        👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:32:35
        
        You've clearly never been to Middlesborough if you think the two are comparable (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:28:32
        
        Nuance in posting has never been one of your strong points, has it bucks? (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:30:10
        
        Just stating facts. If you want to debate it I'm all ears (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:34:48
        
        I've provided statistic (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:41:59
        
        There are clear distinctions between the two areas (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 11:02:42
        
        Probably best you do, yes 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 11:06:47
        
        Hope you've had time to reflect. (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 18:50:46
        
        Sort it out Burnham (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 11:39:00
        
        I think he was just suggesting they’re shit holes (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 29, 09:58:23
        
        now i'm confused (yes i know easily done ) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 10:05:37
        
        All of them (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 29, 10:12:36
        
        Sadly, I think the basic circumstances of Middlesbrough (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 10:15:00
        
        Agree (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:30:46
        
        Not really. Very different level of deprivation and lawlessness (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 09:35:28

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.