Liverpool, an Introduction

If you are thinking of moving to Liverpool, it may help to learn Scouse etiquette to avoid having a clip from an AK47 emptied into your leg.

When I first prepared to make the big step to Liverpool, I took on board some social media counselling from people who I’d never met but were destined to be my very near neighbours who I’d continue to never meet. Apparently things you must never accidentally mention in Liverpool include the Conservatives, The Sun, and Boris Johnson.

It’s fair to say that in local politics the Conservatives just don’t figure. They poll less than anybody else ever. The world of Liverpool is controlled as it always has been by the Labour party, even though it was representatives of the Labour party who deliberately corrupted the city and threw its development back 30 years. Ok, maybe the main baddie wasn’t really Labour at the time, but he’s been more or less forgiven. That seems to be a trait for Scousers – they forgive locals all and any wrong doings, but never forgive ‘outsiders’ even if their crimes are lesser. Odd eh? Am I right or am I right?

A close second politically are the Liberal Democrats. I’m assuming this is only the result of protest votes. Nobody but the extremely wicked or disturbed supports the Conservatives. Indeed, I have a feeling that any known Conservative voters in Liverpool are likely to get a clip of an AK47 emptied into them.

Speaking of a clip of an AK47 being used up with extreme prejudice, that’s the fate awaiting any newsagent in Liverpool trying to sell The Sun newspaper. You must be very careful and remember to never ask for one (a copy of The Sun, that is, not the emptying of an AK47’s clip).

The Boris-phobia thing is interesting though. Boris is hated by a community that accepts and loves the Superlambanana. Work that one out, odd or what?