A Political Thread pt. 2

[dirty harry]

Not sure where the stigma for the valleys come from. There's a lot of nice places there. It's got the space and it's not far from decent cities etc.

Mind you, I find that in a lot in places in the UK. It's got a bad reputation (probably from one or two characters/events) but on a normal day it's fine.

I agreeing all honesty...

I've begged my missus for years tonmove up the A470, prices are unreal, and all within 30 mins of 2 main cities.

Ponty is a beaut, 150k gets you a detached 3 bed.

 

[dirty harry]

Maybe that's where it stems from; Newport. Shame really. I've been to plenty of places that way and they're fine.

Newport is lovely, just devoid of sport and money

 

[ChicagoKid]

Didn't think you wanted to come to this impoverished, religion hating **** hole?

It's an Anthropologist Expedition Sponsored by the WRU.

 

[dirty harry]

So, if I come over to watch a few games, who is willing to host me?

I promise I'll bring the best beer you have ever tasted, good cigars, and a copy of Capitalism & Freedom.

I've hosted Germans, Poles, Bengali's and Lithuanians this year...

Not sure I could lower the bar to American hahahahaha

 

[dirty harry]

It's an Anthropologist Expedition Sponsored by the WRU.

WRU couldn't sponsor a bus fare to Ponty, let alone international travel haha

 

[McTallshort]

Maybe that's where it stems from; Newport. Shame really. I've been to plenty of places that way and they're fine.

Spent my informative years based at Chepstow and many a crazy night in Newport but went a few years ago and it's....well

 

[AlRums]

You don't, they just drive up prices to launder money with empty apartments.

Now I wonder who in the American govt sells apartments?

 

[AlRums]

Wait what happened, I had to so some work and we move on from civil unrest being good...

Dammit lol.

Oh hang on, we've moved on to 'far right'

Can we first define far right for me, because I've never got one, it seems to mean everything to everyone depending on the context. I don't want to deem something not far right if your definition includes it

Strumpet

 

[ncurd]

Things like this is why despite some ruling the Supreme Court still gives me hope. When things are 100% wrong they still don't take nonsense.

US Supreme Court rules Trump officials must 'facilitate' return of man deported to El Salvador

The government has said Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in error, but has resisted returning him to the US.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What about Leicester? It's more of a wealthy area, right?

Rare you come across a string of words that form a brand new sentence, but there we are!

Quite like a night out in Leicester, but few and far between - wouldn't want to spend more than a day there


I really really like Cardiff, might be my favourite city in the UK that I've been to - that and York
Liverpool probably third

 

[ncurd]

Wells is the correct answer but more a "technically" correct answer.

I'd say London, Bath and Cambridge. I quite like Oxford and York too. London for center though. I'm just not a big city kind of person

 

[AlRums]

Give me a top 5 ranking to visit, please.

Start in Edinburgh then work your way south.

 

[McTallshort]

Start in Edinburgh then work your way south.

Yeah just avoid Bewick

 

[AlRums]

So, if I come over to watch a few games, who is willing to host me?

I promise I'll bring the best beer you have ever tasted, good cigars, and a copy of Capitalism & Freedom.

You're coming via Germany for the beer?

 

[ncurd]

Start in Edinburgh then work your way south.

Edinburgh is fine but you'd let the poor ******* go to Sunderland?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Start in Edinburgh then work your way south.

Tbf fly into Edinburgh -> Newcastle -> York -> Manchester -> Liverpool -> Cardiff (via Snowdonia) -> Bath -> South West coast -> Fly back from London would be a hell of a trip

 

[AlRums]

Trump administration lists thousands of immigrants as dead in new policy

https://us.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/trump-administration-social-security-dead-dhs/index.html

This is particularly nasty

 

[Yulia]

I can recommend something from my side as well: there's a very very cheap bus from London to Edinburgh as far as I remember ,unfortunately haven't had a chance to use it and visit Edinburgh, but when I was planning a trip there I found those buses with prices starting from only 1GBP. I also liked Stonehenge very much, incredible place: there are not expensive excursions from London to Stonehenge. In London can recommend to visit Highgate cemetery as well (a pretty famous place)

 

[ncurd]

. I also liked Stonehenge very much, incredible place: there are not expensive excursions from London to Stonehenge.

It's bunch a rocks that cause massive traffic jams. (If you spent as much time stuck on A303 as much as I have you'd understand the hate)

 

[McTallshort]

It's bunch a rocks that cause massive traffic jams. (If you spent as much time stuck on A303 as much as I have you'd understand the hate)

Hater!