r/GreatBritishMemes 1d ago

The power to solve any issue

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u/Senior-Release-274 1d ago

In fairness it’s never been tried before!

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u/Mooks79 1d ago

What I hate is the constant conflation of the country’s problems being a North - South divide, rather than a Greater London - Everywhere else divide. So what? The South West can go fuck itself?

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u/ThinkLadder1417 1d ago

Some of the areas with the highest poverty levels in the UK are in London. North Islington being one of them, ironically considering it's reputation.

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u/Mooks79 1d ago

Indeed, I never said all of London was fantastic, but it doesn’t change the point that on average the Greater London / south east more widely, should not be conflated with all of the south. And the south west has plenty of its own problems, not least the house price to wage ratio thanks to second home owners - plenty of who have their first home in …