The world is a freak show and if you are born in America, you have a front row seat — George Carlin
Carlin always had a way with words, but alas, we in England are now also sitting in the front row.
I’m Sorry, Who?
Lately, I’ve become quite a fan of Charlie Veitch. If you haven’t heard of him, he’s a Youtuber living in Manchester, and his main source of income comes from his walking tours which he uploads for us all to enjoy. These are predominantly filmed in Manchester city centre, although he’s visited other cities too.
What Does He Do?
The main theme of Charlie’s videos are to shine a spotlight on (and have some fun at the expense of) the ever-growing number of smackheads, layabouts, drunkards, slobs, yobs, migrants, misfits, criminals and other undesirables who hang around city centres making spectacles of themselves. Charlie must have realised that there was good money to be made from filming their antics, and that dear reader, is what it’s all about.
Isn’t That Cruel?!
I don’t think so. I mean, these people are there anyway. And they’re there nearly every day causing scenes and making nuisances out of themselves, someone might as well earn a few bob, hadn’t they? If you can’t beat them, join film them.
If it makes the sensitive types feel any better, sometimes, Charlie will be ranted at by some lefty busy body, angry that a smackhead is being “picked on”. Yes, these people will defend anyone, because everyone is awesome and special or something. Occasionally, Charlie will be attacked by one of his subjects. This of course is all part of the fun.
Legacy Media Doesn’t Care
And that lack of care or interest has created a big gap for Youtubers to fill. And fill it they have. Now, it’s the job of entertainers and citizen journalists to give us an accurate, unfiltered view of how things are out there, wherever that may be. It’s not great, by the way.
Attention Seekers?
Of course. In my experience all the funniest, most entertaining people are.
You wrote “and Co.”
Oh yes, there are some other entertaining troublemakers I also highly recommend:
- Auditing Britain
- AB, as he calls himself, audits police stations so we don’t have to. Very funny interactions guaranteed.
- Wandering Turnip
- Not really a troublemaker actually. This guy shines a light on how dilapidated many of our towns and cities have become.
