I understand this but in London all that investment is with in the very central part. The rest of London get sweet fa. Canvey island, dagenham. Ilford, beckton, billericay etc are extremely deprived areas. Moving up north west: Rochdale, oldham, Blackburn, bury etc Yorkshire and surround: Barnsley, rotherham, grimsby, hull
Also everyone bangs on about the transport system. Yes it's better but you should see how much it costs for us to travel. The only place I've ever lived that was more expensive was the isle of wight the robbing bastards. It used to cost me around £200 a month in getting to work. The school was only ten miles away. If I drove there and back I would have spent 2 and a half hours on a good day.
No doubt there are pockets everywhere. However you have to look at all areas to get the full picture of a region. So if you took the various regions of South West, South East, North West, North East, London etc etc, the divide becomes very very apparent. Its not even a debate, and they themselves have conceded this. They'll continue to just pay lip service though. There will be the next 'promise'. This has gone on since the beginning of time. Anyone thinking this is gonna change is nuts. Everyone thinks devolution would change it, but that only lets us decide how we spend our money (a good thing nonetheless), it doesn't ensure the money is divided more equally and targeted at deprived areas. It would require someone getting in power who gave a ****, and surrounding themselves with people who gave a ****. I'm not even sure that many politicians of type actually exist. Same goes for your deprived areas in the South. They'll continue to be deprived too
You say look at the bigger areas but that is so misleading. I work in probably one of the poorest areas in the country. Yet that's classed as being in London where all this investment is. The reason investment is more is because of land/property value. Councils always spend the money on certain parts of those areas and ignore the rest. I only mentioned a handful of places in some regions not everyone. Having lived in many different areas of this country and having worked in education, have been a social worker and worked 3 councils in other areas I have first hand seen that deprivation and investment are separate entities. Investing in Sunderland fit example isn't going to miraculously improve poverty.
Like I say there are pockets everywhere. They will look at what's important to them. However the fact remains the south of the country and the various regions there get far more than the North East in all areas of key regeneration. Of course there are individual boroughs and council areas that are equally as deprived. However per head is where the truth lies. And the truth is the North East is largely overlooked.
That's a very simplistic stat to look at. You say of course there are individual boroughs and Council areas but these are in the same position as certain areas of the north east. It's not a US v them situation.
Its a very relevant statistic to look at as far as I'm concerned. Because its shows quite clearly the investment from central funds heading into any given area. It certainly should not be an US vs THEM scenario. You'd have to ask all the governments back through time why they decided to create that situation. The solution is not to dilute the argument by looking at individual boroughs, putting up smoke screens or pretending the divide isn't real. Its to actually do something about it and begin to level up the playing field. I'm sure they are smart enough at the same time to correct some of inequalities further down the line in each region too. If they wanted to. As with all things you start at the top and cascade downover.
Amanda was a liar No timescales were ever given No influence from outside sources. Who needs @Hung,Drawn and Quartered ?
Staveley’s been playing you like fiddles, It was obvious she was. all these insane claims of corruption and spamming of sponsors social media has just made you look ridiculous for nowt. Bravo, you’ve really outdone yourselves on the mental front this time
Thanks for your input mate. Great you've finally grown a set of balls to pop over. I mean it does seem a little weak that we only get visits from you guys when you feel safe to do so because we have some negative news going on. Really though you all shouldn't worry. Your club is so pathetically far behind ours, that we actually just pity you lads these days. Hope to see you again soon, for more of your riveting input
Miles ahead of most teams in the country yet you all still piss and moan like spoiled brats. Pathetic.
Got to say really disappointed with the questions put forwards although I know not all of them have been released 3.a but no further follow on questions? Why put 3.a? Where was the questions about "Why do the EPL feel that the WTO ruling that PIF and KSA are separate entities not sufficient to prove who will be running the club?" or "What is the difference between the Shiekh Mansour owning and running a club and Bin Salman?" The answers didn't provide much more than what we knew already.
