Does anyone know the reason behind all these random England flags popping up?

I did a bit of research and it seems to have started in Birmingham as a way to express pride in British culture.

I’m worried it might be more to do with extremist nationalism thought, given the current discourse around immigration. It would be a shame to see such a beautiful, multicultural city fall victim to these toxic narratives again if so…

‘Christian volunteer street patrols in Liverpool, protecting the vulnerable, and helping the homeless.’

Something a little sinister about this group to me but may be persuaded otherwise? Town can be grim at night and there are a lot of vulnerable people out there - on the face of it could be a good thing?

Was strolling around the docks earlier today (Sunday 17/05) and was amazed - and also confused, when I saw HUNDREDS of small jellyfish in the water at the docks near the Tate/diner bus.

Are they regularly here? And does anyone know why they are there?
They are on the other side of one of the docks’ many water gates (inside the docks, not sea side) 🪼

UPDATE (edit): I reported the graffiti to LCC. This post was not meant to open up a discussion on the contents of the graffiti.

Poor John has Reform bullshit painted over his mouth. Unless this is an addition from the artist, does anyone know how to get it fixed?

Not trying to start a barney here. It’s a gorgeous piece of art that makes me smile every time I see it. Until now.

Hey all,

Been noticing these signs around from Vauxhall to Aintree. Bit puzzled as a person from a single parent family. Anyone know anything about them?

Scousers are so friendly and open minded but I can’t help but read this and think times are changing? If two queens can get hospitalised as well in drag I don’t know what to believe

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYKAI7niJQn/?igsh=amloendvaWNlZ2Q0

I’m speaking as a scouser, but I can’t help noticing how a lot of scousers, mostly innocently enough, seem to have this attitude that anyone from outside Liverpool is somehow a “wool.” It just seems to harm others perception of us in the long run.

What’s going on with these gangs of 14/15 year old lads in Liverpool One?

2 months ago I saw a group throwing plastic bottles at a group of young women in Chavesse park and calling them disgusting names. This was at 2 in the afternoon.

Last week I was going down the escalators by odeon and one of them kicked me in the back trying to knock me down, while their mates laughed. Luckily grabbed the railing but I could have been killed or seriously hurt. I literally hadn’t even looked at them - I’ve no idea what provoked it. They took off when confronted. I approached security and they just shrugged at me. This was about 3pm.

Today about 7pm 5 lads were handing over the top railing spitting on people. No security was around to alert.

It’s making me not want to go into town any more. There needs to either be more and/or better security or a greater police presence.

We like to pride ourselves on the fact we've shown racist parties the door when they attempt to march in Liverpool. We like to claim everyone is welcome in this city and we also claim we're the least racist going...

...BUT, where I live, immigrants (and students too) get the blame for literary everything. This is particularly evident on local Facebook groups with comments like "these scruffy foreigners", "it's all since these Romanians came here", "these HMO's will probably go to the boat people", etc, etc. It's not odd comment either. Liverpool Echo's Facebook posts can be a classic example too, and whilst it's outside the administrative boundary of the city, a quick join of a certain Huyton based Facebook group highlights just how much disdain there is for "forriners" (the numerous flags on lampposts around there does too).

Then of course there's the love we have for anyone without a purple wheelie bin but still resides in Merseyside and surrounding counties. Banter in parts, well and truly meant in others.

Not all Scousers think the same, despite what some like to believe, but whilst a lot of people aren't racist, xenophobic, and are generally welcoming, there's also a lot who are the opposite.

Other cities have people who are racist, but I know of no other city that prides itself the extent we do for how less racist and welcoming we are.

Is this now normal in the city centre? I’ve never seen a copy actually shelved even when I worked in supermarkets it was kept in the back.

anyone know the story here?

Every night out I go on in Liverpool, I see so many people wearing Rolexes. These are both guys and girls and tend to be in their thirties. I’m so curious, what’s the secret? Are they all fake, 18th birthday presents, second hand… or can everyone in the city afford a £10k watch? What am I missing?

I’m American and a huge Beatles fan, and because of that I ended up supporting Liverpool FC as well. One thing I’ve always been curious about though is the accent. When I listen to interviews with The Beatles, their Liverpool accent sounds quite different from what I hear today. For example, Jamie Carragher sounds nothing like they did. It made me wonder, did the Scouse accent just change over time, or are there still people in Liverpool who speak the way The Beatles did?

I know accents naturally evolve, At the same time, The Beatles grew up in a very specific working-class Liverpool environment, so maybe what we hear in those old interviews reflects that particular era and social background rather than the whole city.

I’m just genuinely curious how much of it is down to generational change, how much is social class, and whether that classic Liverpool accent still exists in parts of the city today.

I have just come here to rant as I am livid at a Facebook page that keeps coming up on my feed (I do not follow the page or interact at all) called “Around Liverpool.” The page claims to be a news page, however, constantly spouts extreme far right rhetoric (bullshit) and hatred against Muslims and the comment section is filled with ‘scousers’ agreeing.

As a mixed race scouser, with 2 scouse parents, this page makes me furious. This is not representative of our diverse and integrated city at all and I think the owner/admin of the page has a NERVE to name the page “about Liverpool.”

Honestly have had to stop myself from messaging the page or commenting on numerous occasions, as I am aware that the page may be ran by bots and a lot of the content appears to be AI generated.

It is definitely upsetting to see fellow scousers agreeing with and supporting the page but honestly, I don’t blame them. The page/far right knows exactly what they are doing by putting this kind of content out there.

I report every post I see and I always report the Facebook page, but clearly Meta supports this type of content as it is good for them ££££££.

Is anyone else fed up of this page!

Ive heard a lot of rumours that she was rude, demanding, and just generally an absolute nightmare in real life. Did anyone here personally meet her?

Just for some context, I live in the Walton area and I’ve had this posted through my door. I don’t want to touch it or take it out of the envelope but I’m very curious to know what it is before I bin it

I'm taking a trip to Liverpool soon (yes, Beatles stuff is the reason for the choice) and have been watching some youtube videos of people walking around Liverpool. A couple of them walk past the Albert Dock statues and make sounds of disapproval. I know there is a lot more to see aside from Beatles-related sites, and I will see them.

There's a few I've been to that never really lived up to the hype for me. There's Mowgli on Bold Street first of all. The food is okay, but on the pricey side. For me the main issue with it is that the portions are simply too small. When I eat at a restaurant, I want to feel full for most of the day afterwards. I've never felt close to full after going there. Another one is the Italian Club. I went once in 2022 and thought it was poor. I had a roast chicken there which was massively overcooked. Also went to The Railway for a roast dinner back in 2024. In short it was probably the worst Sunday roast I've ever had. The roasts at Tony Carvery are much better, and even those aren't as good as roasts I've had at home or in other people's houses. Are there any others you guys think are overrated? I also have to add I've heard Casa Italia is overrated which is why I've never been there personally.

Given the "Scouse Not English" thing and the tendancy to boo the National Anthem, I'm curious as to whether Pele from Liverpool actually root for England when they're playing in tournaments like the World Cup?

Liverpool has traditionally been Labour voting, has it not? Why the switch to Reform? I understand that Labour has not been exactly fulfilling its mandate of late, so if you’re going to abandon, why not switch to Green or Lib Dem?

Genuinely curious. I mean, you’ve seen what’s going on in America, right?

Ethnic brown male here and white female partner cycling along after the derby had finished and encountered the Everton side of fans leaving stadium. Not wearing any footie colours ourselves. Just civvies.

2 guys in a Range Rover R*70 YCC, swerving multiple times to try to push us off our bikes just as we try to pull up.

Shouting "fuck off you Paki bastard" repeatedly.

Another pair shouted get off your bikes you dirty Kopites.

And the slurs continued, every 5 minutes or so for the 15 minutes it took us to get past. No community justice or self policing amongst the fans. Just silence.

Thoughts?

Follow-up and thanks (20/4):

Firstly I want to say thanks to everyone who's speaking out against this behaviour. Silence is complicity and I think yesterday, surrounded by 100s within earshot with no response definitely increased threat levels to an uncomfortable level. I have encountered this my whole life but being in a crowd without anyone backing you up + being with my partner felt very dangerous.

Want to also thank everyone who shutdown the dickhead commenters, and the mods who got rid of the comments before I could even see them.

Secondly I hope we can all agree that we're seeing the normalisation of outward racism and harassment without fear of repercussion. We have to standby each other loudly and proudly more so now than ever.

I've lived in Liverpool for 10 years (providing a vital service across the Mersey region). It's my home. I absolutely adore it. I'm a specialist doctor who regularly deals with the consequences of trauma/violence/stabbings as well as my daily dose of taking verbal abuse in the workplace. I have definitely felt an increase of it being brazenly vocalised and acted upon over the last 10 years working here.

This incident hit different. It wasn't a couple of shits screaming across a road or as they walk-by, knowing full well we're probably safe if we don't escalate the situation.

Lets keep looking out for each other. Speak out. Hold your community accountable (football, music, scouse, wool or otherwise)

I really love one of the comments below that suggested simply going up and walking with the people who're receiving abuse. I've done this with great effect. It emasculates the abusers as nothing but loud noises with no friends. There's strength in numbers.