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Cilla Black has died..


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Never got my head around the fact she grew up in working class Liverpool and bummed the Tories.

 

One of the most pervasive myths about our fair city is that it is steeped in a long and proud socialist tradition. Cilla was born in 1943. The Tories controlled Liverpool City Council until 1955. There were Tory MPs in Liverpool until 1983. Working class Liverpool didn't stop returning Tories until it became workless class Liverpool under Thatcher.

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Yep. My nan and her mum were from The Dingle and both had similar accents. The modern Scouse accent is miles away from that of people born sixty years ago or more.

My nan was from Scotty and her younger sister went to school with Cilla. Cilla wasn't the most popular person up scotty when she was younger so if she doesn't have much time for the city then I can understand.

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Fuck him. He should have went to jail just as Lester Piggott did for tax dodging. But no, not when you the Prime Ministers favorite comedian.

i love the fact that Lester piggot was investigated by the inland revenue and they worked out what he owed and were going to settle without criminal charges and then Lester paid them with a cheque from another bank account he hadn't declared.Asking for jail that.

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One of the most pervasive myths about our fair city is that it is steeped in a long and proud socialist tradition. Cilla was born in 1943. The Tories controlled Liverpool City Council until 1955. There were Tory MPs in Liverpool until 1983. Working class Liverpool didn't stop returning Tories until it became workless class Liverpool under Thatcher.

The city is steeped in a working class and Socialist tradition. There have always been good areas and bad areas,the same as most UK cities but as soon as Thatcher decided to treat the people of Merseyside and their beliefs like dogshit on a shoe then there was only one outcome,and it wasnt going to be 'rolling over and having your tummy tickled.' 

As surprising as it is now The Liberals were always viewed as a left of centre party with plenty of working class voters. That was almost killed stone dead in 2010.

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One of the most pervasive myths about our fair city is that it is steeped in a long and proud socialist tradition. Cilla was born in 1943. The Tories controlled Liverpool City Council until 1955. There were Tory MPs in Liverpool until 1983. Working class Liverpool didn't stop returning Tories until it became workless class Liverpool under Thatcher.

Don't use the death of Cilla Black as a chance to cast your rhetoric SD. Have some respect.

 

Dem teef tho

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