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>I'm suspicious that the awful state of the place is because the UK knows NI will rejoin Ireland in the nearish future, so why would they invest in infrastructu
by bearmode 4y ago
>I'm suspicious that the awful state of the place is because the UK knows NI will rejoin Ireland in the nearish future, so why would they invest in infrastructure here?
NI receives a disproportionately large amount of money from the UK gov compared to other UK nations.
- mathieuh 4y agoAnd that money still isn't enough, because NI is still suffering the effects of the troubles and a governance situation which is not fit for purpose. Everything here is in a state of disrepair, the NHS isn't functioning, the far-right Christian-fundamentalist party which is the second biggest party refuses to do anything for reasons that exist only in their own heads, etc. etc. The place needs to be actively developed, not repeatedly patched up and sent on its way to hobble along.
- bearmode 4y agoI agree with you, I'm just pointing out that the lack of investment in infrastructure isn't a NI-specific issue; rather it's part of central gov policy for the whole of the UK. And has been for decades. Every part of the UK is crumbling through lack of investment. NI is a little better-off than much of England in that regard, outside of Tory towns and villages. My home town never recovered after Thatcher.