Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:34 pm  

Mintball wrote:

And in other news, some areas of London are seeing an increase in young, middle-class people moving in, in order to enjoy the trendy lifestyle and the close proximity to all that the capital offers by way of entertainment etc.

And this is substantially changing areas that were once poor and/or working class into one where, not least, the cost of housing has risen dramatically.

Thats all well and good but how is it going to sell newspapers to people who want to feel down-trodden in "their own" country ?

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:51 pm  

Mintball wrote:

And in other news, some areas of London are seeing an increase in young, middle-class people moving in, in order to enjoy the trendy lifestyle and the close proximity to all that the capital offers by way of entertainment etc.

Except that wasn't the subject of the article, either the one in the link or the one I read in the Sunday Times today. I would imagine both have been written simply because of the census results filtering through, which have shown a trend in certain areas of the country.

Are you not bothered that this trend is occurring in certain areas?

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:11 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

Thats all well and good but how is it going to sell newspapers to people who want to feel down-trodden in "their own" country ?

They should just revert to the old adage: "If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour"

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:11 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Are you not bothered that this trend is occurring in certain areas?

Are you and if so why?

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:12 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

They should just revert to the old adage: "If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour"

That's completely unnecessary.

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:14 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Are you and if so why?

Yes I am bothered and I am bothered because I don't like the idea of my country becoming fractured.

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:19 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Yes I am bothered and I am bothered because I don't like the idea of my country becoming fractured.

YOUR country?

Are you The Queen or summat?

This country is no more yours than it is mine or any other citizen living here

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:20 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Yes I am bothered and I am bothered because I don't like the idea of my country becoming fractured.

There is more to worry about tearing this country apart than a strange article in the Daily Mail worrying about something that has happened for hundreds of years.

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:54 pm  

Dally wrote:

I think the pertinent question that no one wants to confront is why do people want to and where they can choose to segregate?

No, we've all worked out the blindingly obvious reasons why people might prefer to live amongst people with whom they feel they have more in common.

Re: Voluntary apartheid in the UK? : Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:59 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

YOUR country?

Yes, it is my country. I was born and raised here. That makes it my country. If you were born and raised here, it is your country too.

Are you The Queen or summat?

No, but that is a very childish statement.