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   dick_turpin (dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:19:14 JST dick_turpin

   You can tell the weather is warming up in the UK. We're having lots of riots lately.

   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/southport-stabbing-suspect-riot-mosque-attack-victims-name-b2588634.html

   https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-theres-rioting-in-leeds/

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     dick_turpin (dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:19:11 JST dick_turpin

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     • penguin42

     @penguin42 I suspect most people would say that it's irrelevant what the surroundings are like; this is a terrible event, no matter where it happens.

     I do think that maybe our social problems need to be addressed now as clearly things are getting out of hand. How that's achieved is well above my pay grade.

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     penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:19:12 JST penguin42

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     @dick_turpin Yeh it's a while since I've been, I'm thinking 2010ish, but it was still reasonable; they did lose their amusement park to a shitty more basic one, but still it has that nice town centre and gardens and stuff.

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     dick_turpin (dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:19:13 JST dick_turpin

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     • penguin42

     @penguin42 This is the Southport I remember.

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     penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 22:19:14 JST penguin42

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     @dick_turpin It's pretty fucked up; Southport is relatively nice compared to it's neighbouring seaside town of Blackpool; not quite just pensioner level, but not a *complete* shit hole; or at least it wasn't.