what a sh##hole we live on

[deeangeo]

And yet, based on the majority opinion expressed on here, Europe is a horriyfing cultural wasteland that we need to get away from as quickly as possible!

I never cease to be amazed (and ashamed) at how much cleaner, tidier and better cared for Dutch towns are than our own. Every time I go to visit my inlaws, I come away wondering what on earth has lead to the UK having such a generally appalling attitude to litter.

It's also not new - I vividly remember being utterly baffled when I first started coming to the UK in the 90s. Everything seemed so dirty and grubby, with rubbish everywhere. Nothing like what I'd been lead to expect - more like Nairobi than the idealised green and pleasant land I expected!

Couldn't agree more, we live in a dustbin.....I have lived abroad, Europe, Africa & Asia and travelled extensively...while Africa & Asia are nothing to write home about in terms of litter, Much of Europe is most certainly cleaner, tidier and has an distinctly apparent, far more serious approach in how children are brought up and the result seems to be, with a more responsible attitude to what's right & what's wrong, what's acceptable behaviour and what isn't.

How you change this is probably beyond me at my time of life, but I know my mother refused to let me be treated as a child in the hospital in Sheffield because it was dirty.

This doesn't mean by the way, I want to be tied to European politicians and legislated by Brussels, but it does mean that in general, we Britons should take a long hard look at our behaviour and correct what is wrong. Should be easy, but I know it won't happen.
Disgraceful.

 

[bobt]

we have what? a million unemployed, and hundreds of thousands in prison? the roads should be repaired, streets cleaned, and everywhere should be tidy and perfect?

sorry forgot we are in the soft cuddly UK now.

 

[John Gryphon]

I also live in Northants in a village. Every week there are McDonald's rubbish in the road . Where they throw it out the window.

AH! Yes in country Oz you know which towns have a macdonalds by simply seeing the farking rubbish thrown out of the window on the town approaches.PIGS!

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

Theres a YOI nr me and they regulary take a group out picking litter along the main drag,but its the same again a day later,best thing is its coming from the trucks thats delivering it to the recycling plant along the same road!!

 

[ndt man]

I don't mind picking up the litter now and again but some things I draw the line at . some s**t head dumped a dead horse (yes a horse ) on one of our local road side verges and the council would not remove it as it was more than 1mtr from the road . how they got it there I have no idea and they sure as hell did not throw it out of the window with the mc Donald's wrappers .

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

perhaps it got too much for them trying too get all of it under the duvet!!! i dont dont know apprentices eh!! who would have em,,,,,

 

[John Gryphon]

I don't mind picking up the litter now and again but some things I draw the line at . some s**t head dumped a dead horse (yes a horse ) on one of our local road side verges and the council would not remove it as it was more than 1mtr from the road . how they got it there I have no idea and they sure as hell did not throw it out of the window with the mc Donald's wrappers .

Maccas threw it out as it was a bit off even by their standards