I'm just hoping Hull is victorious as it will be great comedy value watching it send Dally apoplectic.

Excellent news.

#Stands back to wait for the ignorant to rant on for a bit, totally misunderstanding what the city of culture is all about...

To be fair, if complete sh[ii[/itholes like Liverpool and Glasgow can get European City of Culture status, then Hull gaining UK City of Culture is a mere trifle

Yesireeee.
Historical fishing port, Wilberforce, Bob Carver, Premiership football, plenty of skirt of an evening, Bransholme, Olympic Gold champion, beautiful seaside resort of Withernsea close at hand, and one great rugby league team.

We were nailed on.

True. To be fair though I'd say Hull is a bigger sh/hole than both of those places combined.

Is there a reason to why you've been ostracised to the other side of the world?

It happened shortly after a day trip to Hull I believe.

Fair play.
I was just assuming you were a prick or into sheep.

No need to get your knickers in a twist mate I was only replying to what old Cod'ed wrote. I'm from a town in England too (not nearly as as Hull), I can accept it.

I wear thongs.

Please though, no Devvo as ambassador for Hull 2017!

Bet you've watched the full montage on Tubeyou?

I am guilty of watching my fair share of Devvo but not for a few years now. I'd be surprised if he didn't actually do something for this.

Hull sponsored by Yakult

Great news for the city, lets hope it drives on to bringing a better city centre for one, I go to Liverpool regular and the city centre and dock area is vibrant 7 days a week, Hull centre on a Saturday is like a ghost town unless you go to St Stephens.

I am waiting for Look North to interview the usual 18 year old single mother of 5 from Orchard Park in Victoria Square on her reaction, instead of picking someone who is a bit more articulate.

Talk about sour grapes :

[i Leicester's mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said he was surprised and disappointed at the result.

"I can only guess that Hull desperately needed a shot in the arm while the judges decided we in Leicester are making our way successfully and didn’t need it as much," he said.[/i


Hull won, get over yourself Sir Peter

or..




serious bad losers...

Yep.
Nice comments from a pair of Labour Party politicians to a fellow Labour Party victorious council.
No wonder the party's fooked whilst we've got a bunch of morons running the country

Dundee said something but people just pointed and smiled politely and pretended that they understood.

And on the same day the BBC show Neighbourhood Blues showing a collection of drug-addled Neds from Hull in stinking tracky bottoms shoplifting, stealing cars, riding uninsured bikes up and down the streets etc. Deliberate or coincidence?

Coincidence, seeing as this programme is on its 2nd (?) series from Humberside Police. Not just Hull though is it? I see Immingham was on quite a bit this morning and thats in a totally different county to Hull.

Great news.
Seems the default city to bash for most people is mine. I wish more people would actually visit the place properly before jumping on the band wagon.

Hull has its problems, but there isn't a city that doesn't.

If it helps create a bit of energy and pride, even, then what's the problem?

I visit Hull quite regularly, its surroundings, its city centre and its industrial estates, its a normal city, has a strange accent but you can't help that.

In the, christ nearly 35 years that I have been traveling further than my own city for work purposes I have noticed a dramatic dilution in all of our cities though, Hull is a good example as is Newcastle, of large conurbations that in the late 70s actually had their own character, the accent was the most obvious but comparing the 1970s Hull and Newcastle to Leeds (for example) there was a very definite flavour of completely different cities, you could blindfold someone these days and take them to any city in the country and they wouldn't be able to tell you where they were when you took the blindfold off other than that the retail park you've just arrived at is just like the one in their home town.