South/North Mike Harding top rant on Facebook

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Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
Might be Mike H himself (folk singer chappy) or might be another fella who often posts on his behalf...
Great comment on south -vs- north :smile:

I've always believed there was a real North - South divide in terms of how governments / policymakers / the media etc view the country. My theory was confirmed this morning listening to BBC R4 news at 7 am. The weatherman's voice was serious - big change coming in the weather - rain - stormy conditions - end of the world as we know it. It was an apocalyptic vision that needed to be turned into a film with Tom Cruise and his daughter trying to escape floods, war, death and pestilence.
Turns out he was talking about that part of these islands that lies beneath a line drawn from Milton Keynes to Kings Lynn.
When it came to the Norf he threw a cursory few words along the lines of " In the North there will be a little cloud but it will be quite warm except in Aberdeen where onshore breezes will make it cooler."
Well bollox to you weatherman and all within the M25 corridor particularly those shysters in Westminster. The sun is hammering down here in the Dales, the birds are singing, house prices are half what they are down there, the people are friendlier, the children more bright eyed, we have music and song and good beer and pies and our dads can fight your dads - so go and have intercourse with yourselves. I am going to write a song called There's Nowt Wrong Wi' Reet Folk and it will become the national anthem of the new country of Northland of which Allan Bennett will be president. We will declare UDI and go the way of Scotland and leave the South to the Russian oligarchs and Chinese developers the Tories and their cronies are selling it to (eg the new Chinese built monster hotel on the banks of the Thames.)
The border will be closing at midnight GMT (or whenever the pubs shut) this Friday so all those wishing to live in God's Own Country had better get their skates on.
There - I feel better now - bloody weathermen - don't they just get on your tit ends! I'm off the give the whippet its morning pie.
 
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Fnaar

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
[QUOTE 2511239, member: 9609"]It's all a myth really, north northumberland / southern scotland is a horrid place, continuous wind, rain, midges, plague, busy roads, dirty crowded beaches - yuk - anyone would be mad to even visit the place..... Seriouly, the south coast is the place to be, Brighton, Southend, Margate, they are the places to aspire to.[/quote]

I see what you did there... :thumbsup:
 

Christopher

Über Member
I see the point of the OP but have always thought there is something unwelcoming about the Dales - only the Dales mind, not the rest of the North. Dunno I think people there can be a bit snobbish about thinking & loudly declaring it is the best place in't'world to live?
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
[QUOTE 2511239, member: 9609"]It's all a myth really, north northumberland / southern scotland is a horrid place, continuous wind, rain, midges, plague, busy roads, dirty crowded beaches - yuk - anyone would be mad to even visit the place..... Seriouly, the south coast is the place to be, Brighton, Southend, Margate, they are the places to aspire to.[/quote]

And don't forget the crappy food.Curry,fish and chips,black pudding,pies all unhealthy,not a vegan cafe in sight.No i would not suggest that any soft southerner tries to make it up here.Cold damp miserable place.

Right that should put them off.
 

betty swollocks

large member
Andy Stewart volunteered something deeply perspicacious about the north/south divide too, as did Elvis:-

 

threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
Stick your north, we don't want to go anyway. Someone from Scotchland will be along in a minute to let you clog-munchers know that you're actually the south too!

Just to clarify one particular point the best beer is down the bottom half of the country, the dark beer in Scotchland is pretty darn excellent too, there are one or two exceptions but on the whole your John Smiths and Boddingtons beers are fairly appalling.

And to conclude, Mike Harding, thee's a gret big hairy northern nobber - eeee lad.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
I meant the people, not the dales!
Let you off then. Thought you were trying to lay claim to The Dales, on behalf of Lancashire. Most local born people can't afford to buy property in The Dales, due in part to the growing number of people buying a second house there. Usually they come from down South.
 
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