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    Measured by output per head, the North East lags 40% behind the South East.
    someone born in the North East is likely to have a shorter life, fewer qualifications and earn less than someone born in the South East
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  • #2
    What about the higher likelihood of being involved in a race riot
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    • #3
      And the higher likelihood of being a victim of crime generally?

      Ok, so far we have that Northerners are poorer, less productive, worse qualified, more likely to be involved in a race riot and more likely to be a victim of crime.
      Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
      Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
      We've got both kinds

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      • #4
        They do say it's grim up north...

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        • #5
          They also have worse weather.
          One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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          • #6
            The poor bastards...the weather's been ****e down here this past week.

            I mean...July and it barely scrapes into the 20s!

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            • #7
              I was in Somerset until Tuesday and it was beautiful.
              Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
              Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
              We've got both kinds

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              • #8
                Git...

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                • #9
                  Sitting on a hill overlooking the sea, watching the sun set... *ahhh* It's great being back at work.
                  Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                  Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                  We've got both kinds

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                  • #10
                    They're also more likely to be living in squalid cities left derelict by industrial collapse.
                    If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.

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                    • #11
                      left derelict by industrial collapse
                      Its all Thatchers fault
                      "I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
                      "You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:

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                      • #12
                        The weather's been great up here actually.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by elijah


                          Its all Thatchers fault
                          I think you might need to look at the period 1974-9 for the real reasons for industrial decline...
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                          • #14
                            Poor brits

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by *End Is Forever*


                              I think you might need to look at the period 1974-9 for the real reasons for industrial decline...
                              Yeah, she was only in power for 13 years, what could she have done about it.
                              Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
                              Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
                              We've got both kinds

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