Rubbish disposal is a much wider issue than just in congested hotspots, however people choose to rock up to them.
Same as public loos. There used to be a pretty decent infrastructure of public loos in the UK, at least in the bigger towns and cities, but that’s definitely no longer the case.
It’s all down to how some of the most basic needs of both locals and visitors are dealt with by local public authorities. And therein lies the root of your problem.
And, as with most other things in life, it’s down to budget and political will, both of which seem to have been in short supply for quite a long time
I blame this concept on the almost religious culture of lower taxation put forward by our politicians from all parties. This “competition “ to see who can do more for less has to end. And we are reaping the harvest that we all deserve with an NHS on its knees with long waiting lists, waiting hours for an ambulance, prisons so full we have to let out criminals before their already reduced sentences have been served, an infrastructure that is creaking at the seems, and I could go on and on.
Our country is struggling to provide the bare necessities of modern life, and we are all suffering due to this utter stupidity.
Yes we don’t provide as many public loos, or places to place our rubbish in, but these minor inconveniences are symptomatic of our troubled nation.
And what concerns me is how what is clearly unacceptable and dare I say abnormal, becomes both acceptable and normal in our world. Would we have accepted as my sister has to, being on a waiting list for three years waiting for a knee replacement, or waiting hours for an ambulance, and when arriving at the hospital queuing in that ambulance, waiting for entry to the hospital, then when finally gaining access to the hospital waiting for hours on a trolly before finally taking your last breath, because that is the unacceptable reality of what is going on right now. But it has become the new normal.
I think before complaining about what we all need to pay in taxes we should first take cognisance of what is going on around us. If we were all paying enough, would we be in such a state. Yes we can blame in efficiencies within our struggling systems, but there is a finite limit to this, and our systems were always inefficient to some degree, even in better times.
Up here we pay more in tax than any other part of the U.K., our council tax is higher, and our 42% yes 42% rate starts £7000 lower than the 40% rate in the rest of the U.K. we also pay 21% as the basic rate. But it’s not enough if we want what we need, and what some of us deserve, and getting things sorted will require some pain for years to come.
