Posted by TomOB on December 12, 2023, 10:40 am, in reply to "Re: Poverty chanting"
I honestly don’t think that the people singing those songs are basing it on up to date poverty stats. They are doing it because they are thick and it’s an unimaginative but existing stereotype based on a 1980s thing. At our place they still call Forest fans Scabs, anyone South of them are “soft southern b*strds”, and a generic “United hate effing scousers” for you and your red neighbors*. Not funny, accurate or clever.
I find it symptomatic of the state of the nation though, working class people in similar cities having a go at people in similar situations, exactly what the tortes want.
*It was good to see Jack Robinson turning to our fans before taking a throw in and reminding them that he was a scouser .