Cameron: "Yorkshire people hate each other"

[GLASGOWOODS]

This all stems from when Cleggy and Cameron had a boys night in. Bored with playing connect 4, Cleggy logged into his SF account and what a larf they had at grown up Yorkshire people slagging off each other.

[PRESLEY]

I'm a Yorkshireman, I don't hate Cameron. Hate is a strong word ... the fact that someone has different views to you shouldn't stir an emotion like that. Can you imagine Corbyn 'hates' Cameron because he has different views ... I think not!!

Then again, the comments Cameron made about not understanding Yorkshire people hating people from elsewhere in the country ... from my understanding Yorkshire people have a hatred of their fellows in the rest of Yorkshire.

I live in the south these days and the hatred is one way, southerners couldn't give a toss one way or another, it still bothers Sheffield people ... they have strange perception on life.

 

Instead of posting nonsense on here why don't you write to Cameron and tell him Hate is a strong word,

[DnAuK]

The people of Barnsley aren't always that enamored of Sheffield.

 

Is it our easy access to fire that they envy, or our horseless carriages?

 

I can't agree with you more. As a Sheffield man born and bred who has lived in Leeds (amongst other places) and now reside in Barnsley I have seen first hand the small-mindedness that seems to be prevalent in our towns and cities.

 

With Leeds I think the propblem is they just simply don't acknowledge anyone from outside being of any importance. I ran a pub there and, whilst it would be packed out for a Leeds game, England games drew a middling crown. I even overheard one guy said he didn't particularly like football but would follow Leeds (Leeds, Leeds) to the death.

 

And I think I said the very worst thing to the people of Barnsley when I suggested they would do much better if they started marketting the place as a commuter town for Sheffield and Leeds - it's much cheaper and has lots more space to live there. But it's quite clear that mentality is never going to happen by choice. Although with the amount of development going on there it may eventually happen by accident.

 

One thing is for sure - we are never going to collaborate on this 'Northern Powerhouse' thing, even if it's to the benefit of all of us - sadly.

[Phanerothyme]

This was said in a joke while talking to Geoff Boycott and Dickie Bird on the players balcony at Headingley cricket ground

 

No, it wasn't. Read the reports.

 

Regardless, one thing I found, after moving to Yorkshire in the mid 90s, was the distinct lack of hatred for anyone, and actually quite the opposite. I've been made very welcome in spite of my credentials as a Southerner, and that is in large part, why I am still here.

 

Of course there are the hard-of-thinking, but they're everywhere. There's a certain charm and honesty about Yorkshire and even Sheffield provincialism, which rarely escalates beyond a little robust rivalry. Having lived in Lancashire and Merseyside, I've found the same is true there too.

 

What I find when I travel south is a lack of any interest or enthusiasm in local matters as everywhere south of Oxford and east of Southhampton is essentially now a suburb of, or dormitory town for, London and has lost its individuality and identity.

[Agent Orange]

What is your perception of a 'southerner'? Chesterfield maybe?

 

To most of Yorkshire, Sheffield is classed as down sarf. We are just an annexation in the midlands

Edited September 14, 2015 by Agent Orange

[drummonds]

To most of Yorkshire, Sheffield is classed a down sarf. We are just an annexation in the midlands

 

it is indicated by the lack of coverage look north gives to sheffield when compared to leeds.

[MickyA]

I'm from Doncaster and I can just about stomach Sheffielders..... however I despise Leeds with a passion

 

I really don't see what is so offensive about Camerons comments

[The Joker]

He's obviously seen the Leeds hate on here!

 

With Leeds I think the propblem is they just simply don't acknowledge anyone from outside being of any importance.

 

This!

 

L**ds folk look down us with pity, while we look down at them with hatred.

 

We're like two siblings who inherited some money. L**ds invested wisely and is reaping the financial rewards, while Sheffield spent it all on lottery cards but won nothing and is desperately trying to gamble its way out of trouble with one hairbrained scheme after another.

[Stoatwobbler]

And I think I said the very worst thing to the people of Barnsley when I suggested they would do much better if they started marketting the place as a commuter town for Sheffield and Leeds - it's much cheaper and has lots more space to live there. But it's quite clear that mentality is never going to happen by choice. Although with the amount of development going on there it may eventually happen by accident.

 

One thing is for sure - we are never going to collaborate on this 'Northern Powerhouse' thing, even if it's to the benefit of all of us - sadly.

 

Definitely agree about the potential of Barnsley as a commuter town. Same with Hoyland, which strikes me as quite nice these days, even if most Sheffield folk might not realize this due to it being so close to Barnsley.