[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Pierre

Birmingham is the Venice of the UK as I recall. More canals there than anywhere else

Interestingly, the Venice of the North is a relatively recent use by Birmingham. A lot of Northern European cities have been called it including Amsterdam, Bruges and Manchester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_of_the_North

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Originally Posted by Mr K

https://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...-b1771105.html

Don't agree with the lump of lard on most things, but he's right on that. It's a far bigger issue than Covid, Brexit or Trump - at least we've got a chance with those.

Agreed and Johnson is making the right noises here.