The UK's second-biggest city is so broke they can no longer keep the lights on
www.abc.net.au
Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial city but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay out and children grow up below the poverty line.
  • PowerCrazyEnglish
    4·
    6 个月前

    Hmm 12.5Billion pounds eh? How much would it cost to “keep the lights on” in Birmingham do you reckon?

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      41·
      6 个月前

      They could always tax the rich, but sure, let’s pretend that the only possible option is the one that helps Russia.

      There’s a reason why that government is polling so low that it may not even be the opposition in two weeks.