Do we need to clean up our beaches?

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Litter on UK beaches has increased by 90.3% since 1994, according to a new report.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) annual Beachwatch litter survey and clean-up has recorded increasingly high litter levels, from 1,045 items per kilometre in 1994 to 1,988.7 items of litter per kilometre in 2006.

The MCS says people are the biggest culprits, responsible for more than a third of the litter.

What is your experience of litter on the beach? Has it got worse?

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Do we need to clean up our beaches?

Written by [guthier], Oxford, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 08:03:38 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

No, we need to guard them against immigrants, besides with all the extra stealth taxes I am paying, I don't have any more money to spare towards costal maintenance.

steve B, london

Lets put landmines on them! That'll keep imigrants and litter louts of them...

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Written by steve B, london on Fri Apr 20 07:49:20 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

No, we need to guard them against immigrants, besides with all the extra stealth taxes I am paying, I don't have any more money to spare towards costal maintenance.

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 08:03:00 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

No, we need to guard them against immigrants, besides with all the extra stealth taxes I am paying, I don't have any more money to spare towards costal maintenance.

steve B, london


And we're off. Page 1 of an HYS about litter and some neanderthal has alreadly mentioned immigration. Perhaps HYS could have run a script that deletes mention of immigration, unless the topic is related to it? Oh, no that would be PC censorship wouldn't it? Free speech carries responsibility as well as rights.

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Written by Windy Pants, Winchester, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 08:41:08 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

It's the cackers amongst the peasantry that are ruining this for everyone. If you go to the sort of places where the unwashed hordes go - you know, the ones who think that spaghetti hoops on toast is international cuisine - you will find it is a pig sty.

If you go to the places that are unaccustomed to the rattle of cheap gold jewellery and the whiff of vinegar on chips, you will find an unblemished paradise.

I bet you daren't print this!

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Written by [harold-flashman] on Fri Apr 20 08:40:22 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

We agree on personal responsibility then? See there is hope for us all. By the way BillyBob has ANOTHER id Wilhelm Fink.
LeftLiberal AndProud

Personal responsibility is the beginning and the end of my philosophy.

I hadn’t noticed. It really is getting quite common, isn’t it.

I love it! Another HYS in which Philby and Flashman agree. Fantastic!
[Londonerabroad]

I know - Super Shawty just looked at me, shaking his head, and said “Wrong, it’s just Wrong.”

Thank God for Widuran

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Written by Stephen J Brown, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 09:29:50 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

If "people" are responsible for more than one third, then who is dropping the other sixty per cent?

We need to be told.

Alex Marshall, Prague, Czech Republic

Immigrant seagulls.

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 09:29:36 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

I also think personally we need more ethnic minority officers especially Muslims in cities to battle the so called "war on terror"

pclefty lefty

You gonna try and recruit them then? good luck! oh by the way this debate is about beaches not left wing rhetoric..

Jabba DeHutt

You're right about the debate, but in fact in the latest polls muslims were more supportive of the police than the rest of the population. We are being fed massive lies about the average muslim by the rightwing.

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 09:27:46 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Interesting debate about the Avon & Somerset police guys it is far more interesting than the beaches debate why wasn't the police debate the other day less moderated?

pclefty lefty

Can we please stick to the beaches! Heh Heh we do with the rubbish on them.

Harry was right, this did happen. Personally , I'm in favour of limited affirmative action for a specific time period. BUTS THATS ANOTHER FORUM, back to the dirty beaches, senor.

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Written by Jabba DeHutt on Fri Apr 20 09:23:47 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

I also think personally we need more ethnic minority officers especially Muslims in cities to battle the so called "war on terror"

pclefty lefty

You gonna try and recruit them then? good luck! oh by the way this debate is about beaches not left wing rhetoric..

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Written by Stephen J Brown, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 09:36:00 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

If "people" are responsible for more than one third, then who is dropping the other sixty per cent?

We need to be told.

Alex Marshall, Prague, Czech Republic

Hahaahhahaha. Apparently this was too offensive.. So here goes again.. Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls Immigrant Seagulls

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Written by Johnnie Fartpants, Grunt on Fri Apr 20 10:29:31 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

"Cyclists are one of the worst offenders. Mineral water bottles - once emptied - throw in the hedgerows"

Yes but it’s worth it.

Those pert little bottoms bobbing up and down in the saddle.

Those tanned, lithe legs with a slight sheen of sweat pumping away

Up and down, up and down

Bobbing, bobbing, bobbing

Grnnnnnsluuuuurrrrrprpp

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Written by [loyallittleenglander], Bradford, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 10:42:36 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

The only drain on the economy are people like yourself who make the UK look like a bunch of biggoted animals.

pclefty lefty

Get your facts straight lefty, I have never been a drain on our economy, I have worked full time for the last 37 years and I only became a "bigoted animal" when our country had the p**s taken out of us by people like you.

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Written by Johnnie Fartpants, Grunt on Fri Apr 20 10:48:00 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Oi!

Where did my 'pert little bottom' post go?

Which of you sneaky little telltales alerted the mods?

I would have thrashed you to within in an inch of your life at school for grassing me up like that!

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Written by David Coy on Fri Apr 20 10:49:48 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Did I miss something? How did this turn into a debate about asylum seekers??????

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Written by [tre-cool] on Fri Apr 20 10:43:44 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Chain gangs won't work people - back to the drawing board.

[harold-flashman]

The punishment in a prison sentence is the removal of liberty. Prison is not a holiday camp despite the tabloid misrepresentations, in a civilised society criminals DO have human rights.
LiberalLeft AndProud,

Any you clearly are too dumb to spot the Irony in the post, which was basically a dig at the much hated HRA.

Why do you bother?

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Written by [Oh_Mercy], Wetherfield, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 10:42:35 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Memo:

From: Oh_Mercy

To: Miracleasd, harold-flashman, theleftiswrong, voodoogecko, Laird Kyle of Minogue

CC: All who recommended the above posts

Subject: Gullibility

Gotcha!

Surprised at you Flashie!

(Not you ‘though theleftiswrong)

Tee hee. I win.

Again!

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Written by LeftLiberal AndProud on Fri Apr 20 10:56:37 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

Does LiberalLeft AndProud have a job?

I'm just wondering because all day long your replying to posts on this forum, when you could be doing something constructive like tidying our beaches.

Martin Dooley

Yep, I'm just so good at it that I can do this too. Get great pay and bonuses as well. Just closed a £10.5 million deal which should net me a nice earner. See, I like some things about capitalism.

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Written by [Lancaster-Bomber] on Fri Apr 20 10:55:40 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Does LiberalLeft AndProud have a job?

Martin Dooley

I suspect that he is either a civil servant or a sociology lecturer.

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Written by pclefty lefty on Fri Apr 20 10:19:00 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

[theleftiswrong]

Who would YOU vote for? I recently moved into a flat in the same town as my folks. My folks(who own a house living in a nice area) got a UKIP leaflet and I didn't. I live in a rundown part of the town. This shows that UKIP are a bunch of Elitist snobs who only care about the opinions of the rich. All the other parties in the area gave me leaflets. I also hear they have former criminals in that party. Well I know who I will NOT be voting for. Nice name BTW.

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Written by [tre-cool] on Fri Apr 20 10:41:04 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

How about we make the following people clean up the beaches - without pay:

Or thickos who know nothing about politics except to sneer at those 1/2 a rung below them on the social ladder?

LiberalLeft AndProud,

You are volunteering yourself? ? ?
Judging by your comments you are politically illiterate and sneering is your default reaction to everything.

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Written by [Lancaster-Bomber] on Fri Apr 20 10:37:33 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Regarding Blackpool: You can polish a turd, but it is still a turd.

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Written by Martin Dooley on Fri Apr 20 10:52:04 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Does LiberalLeft AndProud have a job?

I'm just wondering because all day long your replying to posts on this forum, when you could be doing something constructive like tidying our beaches.

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Written by [Harry-Flashman] on Fri Apr 20 11:18:34 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

You sneer at everything that is different and anyone who disagrees with you so maybe you should clean up some litter and maybe work in an Asylum Seekers centre.
leftwing lefty,

I sneer at everything which is against common sense, contradictory or hypocritical, (hence you are target #1.)
Too busy with the volunteer homeless work personally.

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Written by leftwing lefty, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 11:11:39 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

You are volunteering yourself? ? ?
Judging by your comments you are politically illiterate and sneering is your default reaction to everything.

[tre-cool]

You sneer at everything that is different and anyone who disagrees with you so maybe you should clean up some litter and maybe work in an Asylum Seekers centre.

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Written by CK Plein, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 11:35:29 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Roll on 21st May for my holiday on the Fuammulak beach in the Maldives. Not a dog in sight.
CK Plein, United Kingdom

Except on the restaurant menu..

Papa Demos, Bristol

No thank God, there are just the two fish restaurants where I'm staying.

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Written by Nick Marks, Singapore, Singapore on Fri Apr 20 11:46:44 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

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Written by This comment is fully endorsed by, the BBC, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 11:39:06 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

As Michael Barrat once said on Nationwide following a cooking demonstration presented by Fanny Craddock......

May all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's.

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Written by [loyallittleenglander], Bradford, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 12:16:28 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

I asked a Polish patient of mine what it was he didn't like about life in the UK. He replied " It's so dirty. There's rubbish everywhere." His language was stronger than that, but you get the point. He's absloutely right.......
graham mcelligott, liverpool

Tell him to get back to Krakow then if he hates it so much over here - BTW was he paying for his medical treatment or was he having it courtesy of the British Taxpayer?

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Written by Andrew H, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 12:35:42 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

I disagree with the underlying argument that somehow Margaret Thatcher and her politics are responsible for the litter problem in this country.

I was child of the Thatcher era, and contrary to the aforementioned hypothesis, the other day I was trying to explain to an 40 year old women, with a family of her own, why littering the shared car park around our block of flats was selfish and ill advised, only to be told to "It was none of my business"!

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Written by neil compton, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 12:34:04 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"No civilised country has the death penalty."

Civilised !, The scumbags in our prisons and on our streets are hardly what you call civilised. Do they think of thier victim when commiting crime, no they do not. They don't deserve to be treated like decent human beings because that is one thing they certainly are not.

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Written by [CuckooInTheNest] on Fri Apr 20 12:33:58 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Summer job for all our prisoners in the overcrowded jails????????

jimadore, cardiff

Can we at least make the criminals dress in stripey uniforms and not shorts, so at least it looks like they are being punished and not having a day off for good behaviour?

OK, I suppose we could let them have an ice cream if the temperature goes above 40C, like in The Shawshank Redemption.

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Written by tom smith on Fri Apr 20 12:46:08 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

It's ok folks you don't have to pick up after yourselves, there is no such thing as society.
I think we are in the midst of a selfish generation who are self-obsessed, greedy and selfish...

LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom

Interesting that you have used up your extensive range of HYS aliases to ensure that this rather mediocre statement appears at the top of the readers Recommended list.

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Written by Taco Tickler, Winchester on Fri Apr 20 12:32:05 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

It is one of the many reasons why I would ban the working class from leaving their council estates. Politically correct my elbow, it is the cap wearing yobbos are the mostly guilty of this.

Worse though is the bottles of yellowish liquid chucked by professional drivers too lazy to stop.

If only a love of your country could go beyond buying crappy little flags made in China.

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Written by [Oh_Mercy], Wetherfield, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 13:00:05 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"...and I'm surprised you didnt keep the pink bins for homosexuals"

Now there's an idea!

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Written by Phosgene Gasse on Fri Apr 20 12:58:58 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

"Trouble is lots of beach litter is foreign.

Ian Here,

Bloddy immigrant litter too!
It's not just the immigrant seagulls!"
[harold-flashman]

Really?
Where I live and visit, it's not the immigrants who drop litter willy-nilly - it's our own homegrown scum.

Face it you two, you are just anti-immigrant stooges and even less funny.

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 13:12:33 UTC 2007. 5 recommendations.

Tom Smith

That's right Tom, I have 70 odd IDs and all day long I've been sat here recommending myself. I do it on every forum. That's why I am also most reccomended. Tomorrow I will be unveiling my fiendish plan to blackmail world governments with my death ray. Also, I know where you live and my black helicopter is hovering overhead.

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Written by LeftLiberal AndProud on Fri Apr 20 13:24:13 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

LiberalLeft AndProud,Interesting that you have used up your extensive range of HYS aliases to ensure that this rather mediocre statement appears at the top of reader reccommend

tom smith

If only I had your devasting wit and ability to cut to the heart of the matter, Tom, I would probably be most recommended every time. You set the standard of intelligent debate for a generation. Maybe people just agreed with me? Looking at your previous postings I would suggest you try harder!

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Written by Andrew Cook, tidworth, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 14:00:35 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

We already have lots of long-haired, unemployed, beach bums who hang around our south coast, having BBQ's all night, drinking Fosters and hoping to float on some c**p, tampon infested water using an old ironing board and thing they look great with bleach blonde hair and a fake tan. They are called 'Pretend Australians' and they only thing they aspire to is working in Fat Willies Surf Shack.

Give them a job picking up litter in the evenings to help pay for their charcoal and Fosters.

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Written by [theleftiswrong] on Fri Apr 20 12:02:25 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

No civilised country has the death penalty. We should pick up our own litter. Research the word "irony" you clearly don't know what it means.

LeftLiberal AndProud

Hark at her, You go girl!

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Written by Andrew Watthey, Filey, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 14:33:42 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Dogs are, unfortunately, banned from too many beaches already for no fault of their own." - Andrew Watthay.

- dogs are banned from beaches as dried out dog faeces poses a health risk, causing blindness in children. Banning them is therefore the correct thing to do.[dunkel_racher], Zurich, Switzerland "

I actually said: It is the OWNERS who should pick it up in bags to avoid this problem.
Pour votre assistance, Ce n'est pas la faute des chiens.

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Written by Jimbob McGinty on Fri Apr 20 14:30:52 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"- dogs are banned from beaches as dried out dog faeces poses a health risk, causing blindness in children. Banning them is therefore the correct thing to do."

Erm, most beaches are washed twice a day, guaranteed.
Any kid stupid enough to pick up and eat a dried out dog turd frankly deserves to go blind

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Written by Ann Curtin, Annapolis,Maryland, United States on Fri Apr 20 15:05:38 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

And labelling this mockery of a government as left wing is like calling George Bush a genius.

[Londonerabroad

It is true! George Bush CAN and WILL be brought into ANY HYS topic.

HMM... I haven't yet told anyone how I feel about Bush today. How can I bring him up on a thread about dirty UK beaches. He may not be DIRECTLY responsible, but there's gotta be a link somewhere...

Someone needs to change the broken record...broken record...broken record...

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Written by peter bolton, liverpool, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 14:59:27 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Ive sadly concluded that standards in our society have ceased to exist. With the population of chavs getting larger every year standards slip ever further into the mire. Then each generation becomes ever more ignorant, its no wonder to me that litter is on the increase. As long as the filth doesnt sully their immaculate white chav trainers the problem will continue.

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Written by [lindsayblackmore] on Fri Apr 20 14:59:25 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Is this board populated by readers of the Daily Mail? The only ting that the majority of people have to say is some rant about how our moral fibre has been destroyed and young people lack respect.

Dilip Roy,

Are you one of these strange people who believe that we have never had it so good. You don't need to read the Daily Mail to see that this country is a mess and is only going to get worse unless something is done about it. It is not the country I want to bring my kids up in?

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Written by Dilip Roy, London, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 14:47:45 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Why don't we just shoot all the young people. They are clearly responsible for all the ills of society with their individualistic ways and lack of respect. We who have taught them this are clearly beyond reproach however.

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Written by [TonyNorthernHippo], Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 14:46:07 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

That is why we need a real government for the people, not the far right of Maggie and Tony Bliar, or left wing nanny state types, one run by the people for the people.

[caltech1]

Like who? There is no one out there to offer you that choice...it is sad to say, but it is in times like these when Parties such as the BNP become more prevalent...just look at pre WW2 Germany.

As to beaches my local beaches are lovely and clean - but then we are a tourist area.

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Written by Tom McLaughlan, Western Isles, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 15:05:51 UTC 2007. 3 recommendations.

Signs on all beaches for illegal immigrants...."Pick some litter up on the way in"....the place would be cleaned in no time.

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Written by Jabba DeHutt on Fri Apr 20 15:02:34 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

As long as the filth doesnt sully their immaculate white chav trainers the problem will continue.

peter bolton, liverpool, United Kingdom

I wonder if your comment would still be here if you picked on Asian culture or Black culture.

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Written by Martin R, London on Fri Apr 20 15:18:02 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

"Why does no-one ever understand this quote? It is so simple.
She meant that people should take responsibility for themselves and not rely on ‘the state’ to do everything."
[Harry-Flashman]

Because they take it to mean what it says it means. If Maggie had meant anything else, she should have said that instead. This is the moment we knew Maggie had gone potty, like "we are a grandmother".

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Written by Widuran smith, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 15:13:43 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Forgive me.. I talk rubbish

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Written by [Harry-Flashman] on Fri Apr 20 15:13:08 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

And nothing to do with Margaret "there's no such thing as society" Thatcher then?
[Londonerabroad]

Why does no-one ever understand this quote? It is so simple.
She meant that people should take responsibility for themselves and not rely on ‘the state’ to do everything.
How this would apply to litter is that people should clear up after themselves, and not rely on e.g. council litter pickers.

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Written by [tinytiegan], Hull, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 16:16:10 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

'So if you are on a day out at the seaside, having arrived by train, you should carry fish and chip wrappers and pepsi bottles around with you all day, of cause the should be more bins?

[tinytiegan], Hull, United Kingdom '

Well, yes. It's hardly a challenge.

Sophie hime, Belfast, Ireland

So instead of the council providing bins, we should all walk around with little bundles of rubbish and dog excrement then? I see what they say about the Irish is true then!

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Written by Robbo Robertson, "Olde" Balham London, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 18:37:18 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Its not the litter that bothers me so much as the lard assed fatties who take up all the room when i want to sunbathe.

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Written by John B, Divided Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 19:21:42 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

What about the amount of rubbish in Downing Street? That seems to have increased significantly since 1997.

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Written by Andrew Roberts on Fri Apr 20 19:40:05 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Not all the rubbish that arrives on our shores ends up on our beaches.

Quite a lot of it ends up in our DSS queues.

[jerryatric], BARNSLEY

Wash your mouth out with soap and water, "you can't say that"

you'll have all the do gooders going ape.

How I wish we were allowed to express our real opinions.

Its not the beaches that are rubbish its the country

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Written by alan redgrift, grimsby, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 19:53:40 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

ha this is great !!! the so called truthful leaders can now hide there incopitence even more. politions why dont you ask the people what they think and do what they want?

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Written by [caltech1] on Fri Apr 20 20:58:07 UTC 2007. 1 recommendations.

The other article asks if we have bumbed into Blair, I would like to have in bumbed off?

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Written by Robert Sharr, London, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 17:53:44 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

OK 4C - that's a wrap - pretty thin fayre today I'm afraid. But nice to see so much input from our colonial cousins.

Remember 1st period Monday is a music lesson
when Philby Bradlaugh, HYS's self proclaimed Irons fan will be teaching you the legendary
"Runway Song".

In the meantime, have a nice weekend children.

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Written by [Super-Shawty] on Fri Apr 20 08:42:55 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

I know - Super Shawty just looked at me, shaking his head, and said “Wrong, it’s just Wrong.”

Thank God for Widuran

[harold-flashman]

I can't say i am not dissapointed!..........still, I have a tenner on it not lasting too long ;) ;)

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Written by [harold-flashman] on Fri Apr 20 08:49:59 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Harry what do you say about my comment about the Police? I was right wasn't I?The Police are only thinking of "positive" discrimination and have not officially enforced it yet
[widuran]

I say, (without any hope that you will understand,) that it HAS already happened.

bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershi re/5369876.stm
bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somer set/4806430.stm
bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somer set/4479276.stm

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Written by [widuran] on Fri Apr 20 08:53:03 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershi re/5369876.stm
bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somer set/4806430.stm
bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somer set/4479276.stm

[harold-flashman]

Why cannot I get onto these pages harry? As for the Somerset one this was an accusaation not an offical disclosure. There is a difference between admiting to doing it and being accused of doing it. Wrong again Harold!

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Written by [tre-cool] on Fri Apr 20 08:56:15 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Why cannot I get onto these pages harry? As for the Somerset one this was an accusaation not an offical disclosure. There is a difference between admiting to doing it and being accused of doing it. Wrong again Harold!
[widuran]

Quote from the Avon & Somerset Constabulary From the last
“Head of personnel and training, Paul Hazel,: "The majority of those deselected were white men because the force's workforce is over-represented by white men.”

Sounds like someone admitting it to me.

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Written by [tre-cool] on Fri Apr 20 08:59:11 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Why cannot I get onto these pages harry? [widuran]


Go to the search bar at the top of the page and type, 'Avon & Somerset Discrimination' then click on search within news.

All the stories are within the first page

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Written by pclefty lefty on Fri Apr 20 09:04:44 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Interesting debate about the Avon & Somerset police guys it is far more interesting than the beaches debate why wasn't the police debate the other day less moderated?

I went on the BBC there is a link and I see what Harry F & Tre Cool say. Widuran is wrong in a way. However they also say the HR department is being investigated so maybe it isn't an offical policy. I also think personally we need more ethnic minority officers especially Muslims in cities to battle the so called "war on terror"

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Written by Stephen J Brown, Surrey, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 10:19:13 UTC 2007. 2 recommendations.

Keep Wales tidy- dump all your rubbish in England!

semper nemo, london

I think you'll find a significant number of Welsh people are already here.

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Written by LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 10:37:16 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

How about we make the following people clean up the beaches - without pay:
1. Yobbos/chavs/burglars/muggers/brats with asbos
2. Asylum seekers/economic migrants who claim to care so much about this country(!) that they stow away to take advantage of our good nature (I notice they're lining up at Calais again!) [loyallittleenglander

Or thickos who know nothing about politics except to sneer at those 1/2 a rung below them on the social ladder?

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Written by [roughbeast], Coventry, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 15:19:09 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"Signs on all beaches for illegal immigrants...."Pick some litter up on the way in....the place would be cleaned in no time."

Someone managed to get Bush into a debate on English beaches, now some bright spark has managed to bring their stereotyped view of illegal immigrants into it. Any predictions on this? I expect Brussels to be blamed soon, Americans generally, anyone left of the typical Daily Mail reader, ( that's most of us), and Tony Blair, (that's Bliar to idiots), for good measure.

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Written by Habibah on Sat Apr 21 09:43:12 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Nowadays these beaches are so full with naked people that muslims find it very hard to go there. That is not fair! If the case is that the people still want show their body to everyone then they should make a separate one for muslims!

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Written by Scottish Jacqui, London, United Kingdom on Fri Apr 20 16:31:13 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"Nice to see everyone's prejudices being aired as is the custom on HYS
Just a few of the gems today:
The unemployed are responsible
Chain gangs should clear up
Its because of immigration
LiberalLeft AndProud, United Kingdom

I blame the Muslims: its a well known fact that all the missing bins are hidden under their burqas and they come out at night and throw kebabs all over the streets and then blame us drunks ; something should be done about it, why only yesterday one ate my cat

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Written by Phosgene Gasse on Fri Apr 20 17:02:17 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

"i have an idea: we toss the english into the sea and see if they go away."
Seosamh O hAodha, Derry, Ireland

If you'll pardon the pun, that was Foyled.

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Written by [Kennesaw], Dunwoody, United States on Fri Apr 20 17:39:00 UTC 2007. 0 recommendations.

Sweetie - go to your bookcase, pick up the dictionary (its probably the 2nd biggest book after your bible) and look up the word "irony".
Though, I must confess Theresa has a tendency to overdo it.

A PRETTY NURSE, United Kingdom

You ASSume I own a bible and I know Theresa. Thank you.

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