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strong language from the start, offensive and discriminatory attitudes,
and scenes of a sexual nature
...Clive in my house, and he's there when this fight breaks out.
I swear to God, that's the end of it. I've had enough.
So, she found her dad at the bottom of the stairs. Oh.
LAUGHS
Yeah. God knows how long he'd been there.
The ambulance took forever. She's like, "Party's cancelled.
"If you want the buffet, come and help yourself."
Can she not freeze it? No, she was all dramatic.
She was like, "Get it out of my sight!" I mean,
that was ten o'clock this morning. I mean, he might be dead by now.
It's a wake. Rest in peace, Daddy.
Oh, my God! I love a cheap sausage roll.
Mm! I thought we could start season two.
Um, it's eight episodes,
so we could do four this afternoon,
and then four next week.
You know, see how we get on. Mm.
Got pizza, so don't go and order Deliveroo.
It's twice the price. We can't afford it.
I told you, I got paid in cash by him next door, didn't I?
How much did you charge?
800 quid.
How much did he give you? 800 quid.
What, he didn't give a tip? No. Tight bastard.
He's a proper little Scotsman, that one, ain't he?
But what does she think? That's what I'm dying to know.
Marie. How much does she know?
I don't think she knows anything.
She knows George is gay, though.
No, I don't think so. Of course she does.
That needs a chutney or something.
Mm. And I'm not asking,
because you told me that
I interfere too much with that family.
But she could help. She could talk some sense into them.
But no.
You wanna keep it all secret from her.
She's not my wife.
I know, but you could try.
You don't have to be all...
What?
OK. Oh, what is it this time?
I'm just saying you don't have to be all gay man about this.
Meaning? I've told you before.
What? Sometimes, Leo, you can look down on women.
Fuck off.
Like that.
So, Clive is next door and you're having a go at me?
Well, you know. Your mum wasn't the nicest. Ugh.
Your words.
You've spent 35 years on Canal Street,
where it's men all day and all night,
and maybe that makes women a bit irrelevant.
Oh, so straight men aren't the problem, it's the gays?
Sometimes, yeah.
I think, in your eyes, women get reduced.
Mm, thank you, good to know. I'm sorry,
that's Carly saying that, my own daughter.
And she says I go running round after you clearing up your mess.
What have I done? I am not saying she's right...
What have I done today to deserve this? That's what she sees.
I woke up, it's my day off...
I mean, it's my fault. I thought,
"Oh, I'll spend it with Stephanie. Watch season two. That'll be nice."
And it's gotta be said, when Claude did all that stuff
and emptied the account, you were
too busy. ..my best mate has a go at me cos I was kind.
Ask Roddy. Just ask him.
Just tell me, why do you have to make... he'll go straight home
and tell him... ...everything so difficult?
and then, they're all laughing at me.
It's like that. Your hand.
What happened to your hand?
I just bruised it, that's all.
How? At work.
Were you in a fight? No.
You kept secrets with that Patricia.
If you're hiding things from me now...
...don't.
DOORBELL RINGS
We are arriving, we're arrivisto,
we are arriving, we're on the piss-to.
Jesus Christ! Call the police, the lunatics have escaped.
Hey, come on in.
How are ya? Come on, come on.
All right, Tuckshop? All right? In you get, in you get.
Are you giving up? Eh?
Are you selling it off, are you? Are you retiring, old man?
No, I've gotta carry my stuff in from the van every night, haven't I?
And then every morning I've gotta carry it back to the van,
cos I can't leave it in the van overnight
because of thieving bastards like you.
Hey, don't take me on. Look at this. Feel that.
Yeah, you're looking good. Oh, bit of work in that, mate.
I discovered this thing, yeah, with the cables.
If you wanna isolate your pelvic floor,
shove your finger up your arse.
Well, you'd love that.
I love it, mate, it makes you tense up like crazy, like, whoa!
Oh, yeah, well, there's nothing they can do about your ugly face,
is there? Eh? Come on. Saul! Saul!
Yeah? Your mates are here, come on.
George, where are you? George.
Hold on. I've told you, will you knock?
You little twat, is that you?
What's going on there?
I dunno. Where's it from?
That boy Mikey. It's reposted from someone called Beryl5. Who's she?
Look, do what you want, I don't care,
but what's your lot at college gonna say?
Now, don't be stupid. And get it deleted.
You look very pretty, Georgina.
Roddy, you knob, where are you? We need to get the T-shirts.
All right, Melba? What you having, love?
The usual, please. Coming up.
Mikey, how do you know Beryl?
We did that thing at Contact.
You reposted her. That boy in the make-up,
it's Saul's brother. Can you take it down?
Tell her, not me. I am.
You know what they're doing now, don't you?
Huh? Women? They are freezing their eggs,
cos they say our generation is
so useless that we can't touch 'em.
Like we're not good enough.
Olly, tell him, when was the last time you had a girlfriend?
Never had one. 23, never had a girlfriend. And he's beautiful,
huh? Fit as a fucking horse. But they've reduced him to an NPC.
I've never had a problem. Don't forget the T-shirts.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Grab this. Grab this for us.
There you go, mate, all the best. Thank you.
Kofi, put it down, man, my mum's gonna kill you.
Er, Roddy, are you, are you still vaping?
Mate, like an addiction, I swapped one for the other.
Look, I've got the real thing.
So, I was wondering,
how's your dad getting on? Has he moved in yet?
Yeah, it's great. Sweet. Same size as the old shop,
just better location.
Right. Does he need any help?
Nah. He's all good. It were a bakery before,
so nothing's changed. He's just moving stuff around.
Still, if he needs any work doing, I'm available.
You know, just, things are a bit tough right now,
you know, so they've got us on this
breathing Space scheme, you know, it's just... um...
Trouble is he moved the counter and he needed the front rewiring,
yeah, and do you know who did it?
Me.
Yeah, but you're not an electrician, are you? So, maybe I should check it
over, you know. I mean, I wouldn't charge much. I did it for free.
Yeah, but you don't know what you're doing.
I watched it on YouTube. Couple of tutorials.
It was a piece of piss.
Where are you, Roddy boy?
Monty, come here.
♪ We are arriving, we're arrivisto, we are arriving... ♪
Hey, Monty! Mr G, big man?
Ha-ha! You big idiot! How you doing?
Yeah, good, how are you? JMan, have a beer.
Hey, John... John. Come here.
Hey, you still owe me a pint, mate. No, you owe me a pint.
Mr Goss, no way.
Come on, everyone, T-shirts.
Get changed, all of you. This lot are sponsoring the beer.
Heyyy!
ALL TALK AT ONCE
Come on, Blues!
ALL TALK AT ONCE
Fuck off! Out!
I'm so confident that I'll give Tuckshop a blowjob myself.
Heyyy!
MELEE OF EXCITED BANTER
INDISTINCT
Do you wanna know how many goals
I reckon we're gonna score today? One, two, three, four, five.
You like what you see, George?
George, put it on. They want kids buying this stuff.
ALL TALK AND CHEER
We're arrivisto,
We are arriving, we're on the piss-to.
Hey, get this.
Oh, fuck off, Roddy!
We can be sponsored by Grindr.
Get off me! You tight bitch!
Fuck off. Love your daddy, boy. Get off. We're livestreaming this.
OK, Roddy, Roddy, Roddy... Roddy. Stop it.
Come on, it's starting. Get a beer.
SILENCE
Let me tell you something, boy. All right?
Let me tell you something really important now.
Don't enjoy it too much, all right?
CHEERS AND LAUGHTER
Eh? Don't enjoy it too much.
CHEERS AND LAUGHTER
Come on. Oi, oi, sit down. Come on.
Come on, everyone, get down here.
Let's get going.
ZOMBIES SNARL
INDISTINCT
THEY SCREAM
ALL CHEER
FAINT MELEE OF CHATTER
Ohhhhh!
Don't be sad. Don't be sad, baby boy.
Will you fuck off?
Hey, language!
Leave him alone.
Or what?
Or you'll find out.
You're not my boss any more, so be careful.
Mr Goss,
do you know what Saul does upstairs on his camera?
It's none of my business, is it?
A man's bedroom is his castle. Am I right, lads, eh?
CHEERS OF AGREEMENT
We've all seen it. Billy's sister's passed it round.
The noise you make when you cum, you're like a little girl.
You can shut it,
or I'm gonna tell them all why Sheena binned you.
What did she say?
Tell you later. Nah, what did she say?
I can't tell you now, cos that would be... premature.
Fuck off.
You fuck off. Fuck off!
Men against boys.
MEN CHEER AND LAUGH
Hey, Roddy, this is you.
ALL LAUGH
Yeah, yeah, good one, that.
He got you there, Roddy. Eh? He got you there.
He done you. He's absolutely done you.
That photo's back. Saul's brother.
It's on the Lippy Manc site. Once it's out, you can't stop it.
You know what I blame for
the downfall of civilisation?
Croissants. Croissants?
Have you seen them, the modern croissant?
Walk down the street, every other shop's an artisan bakery.
Never mind you can't pay the gas bill,
have a croissant.
Oh, and there are trays of these things all pimped out
with crests of pistachio Chantilly cream on top,
and stuffed with a blueberry custard roulade,
and covered in glaze and honey and glitter.
It's the end of the world.
Like the fall of Versailles.
And it leads to the guillotine, I warn you.
Britain will burn
and the streets will smell of laminated pastry.
Am I boring you, sweetheart?
No. It's just this thing.
I think it's my fault.
Well, that'll solve it, typing.
That's all the world does now, type.
Heaven forfend you should actually get off your arse and do something.
You see, the problem is in the old days we'd have
a fight downstairs, we report it, police come in, done. Nowadays,
everybody films the bloody fight on 500 different phones,
and that keeps on getting reported to the police.
We're stuck in a loop.
We end up with 500 different reports of the same thing,
and then the council starts asking questions like we had 500 fights,
when it was just one.
I've gotta go. Louise can cover my shift.
Sorry.
Calico Road, please.
I said, I knew it, I said she was the devil.
Excuse me, I said so. And right at the beginning.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Was I disrespecting your rights as a woman to show
the slightest iota of intelligence.
No. As a matter of fact,
I don't think you treat women badly. I think you treat everyone badly.
Ah, there she is!
Ah-hah!
You do think you're cleverer than everyone else.
That's cos I am.
That's the last bit, do you want it?
No, you're all right. That's the problem with next door, though.
You think you're smarter than them.
What, the fucking Flintstones? I should hope so.
I know they might not be your sort of people,
but think about it. They've raised two boys,
neither one of them has gone to jail.
Only just.
No, but they're not in prison, they're not on drugs.
I mean, they're kind of bright, really.
One of them walks into your house, helps himself,
and the other one has sex online
and makes money out of it. That's clever.
Not everyone's as dumb as you'd like to think.
Does it show? That I think people are thick?
I mean, can you actually see it on my face?
Like a lighthouse.
ALL TALK AND GROAN
All right, boys?
All right, Mrs G?
Our mum says hello, and thanks for the blankets.
Remember what I said - no vaping. It stinks the house out.
Bunch of idiots, you lot. You want pizza at half-time,
you need to put it on now.
Marie. Saul could buy us caviar all the money he's earning.
Fuck sake, Roddy.
What you doing here?
I was just passing. I knew you lived next door to the boss.
No, no, you can't come in.
I don't want to. I thought we could go into town.
They've got the Maker's Market in Ancoats.
No, no, just... can you go? Thanks.
George, I saw the live stream, OK? I was worried.
They were battering you.
It's football.
Don't be so stupid! Now, fuck off!
I can't be seen with you.
Why not? Because look at you.
You can't come near my house, so just go.
Where have you been?
Nowhere.
Why'd you go outside?
Dunno. Just went out.
But what for?
Leave... leave it, leave it.
DOORBELL
But what...?
Ten minutes for the pizza.
Hey, George, you missed it. Player's half asleep.
What are you doing here?
Oh, a penalty! Got to be a penalty that!
I said hello to George online, and we got on.
He's a laugh. I took him out for a drink.
What did you do that for?
How old are you? 25.
He's 16.
Yeah. I know. That's the point. He's only 16.
Who's looking out for him?
But I'm just the neighbour. What am I supposed to do?
There's this photo as well.
We were messing about and...
Well, what the fuck did you do to him?
We were just having a laugh.
Oh, that's clever, so you thought you'd recruit him at the same time.
All right, back off, Steph.
Nothing to do with me.
But he saw me just now - Clive - and he's not gonna be happy.
Yeah, he's not a monster.
Excuse me? After everything he did to you?
All right, but George will just have a bad afternoon.
Don't we all? It's part of growing up, isn't it?
Tell you what, I know Marie. Why don't I give her a call?
No. I know what I'm doing.
I'll just suggest they keep it down a bit, and it might all calm down.
Clive will never see this.
Mikey's seen it,
and Mikey knows Saul, and if Saul sees it...
MOBILE RINGS
Hi, Marie, it's Steph.
Bless George. He looks quite nice.
I was just wondering, I'm in Leo's...
My mum caught me in full make-up, and I was older than him.
You're noisy!
I was 18, and you know what happened then.
If you can... Well, what can I do?
I guess I could have a chat with Clive.
In a weird way, we get on quite well.
But I can't just walk in there.
I haven't an excuse to...
Yes, I have.
I'll just be two minutes.
I didn't really know what to say.
Don't start episode three without me.
What you doing?
He isn't going next door, is he?
What have you done now?
How's it my fault?
Well, the amount of hormones you're on, no wonder you overreact.
I had a thought.
It's gonna cost me 200 quid to have my locks replaced,
but why bother? We've sorted that out.
There's no way it would ever happen again.
And it's really convenient you having my key.
So, a wee peace offering.
Sorry to interrupt.
BOISTEROUS SHOUTING
It's half-time.
Well, if you've got five minutes, could I have a little word?
Look, I know they're all just having fun,
but I've been there, on the receiving end, so to speak.
So, you're watching us?
No, it's online. Everyone can see that.
They're broadcasting live from your house.
And I was just saying next door, right now,
it's a funny thing, sociologically...
...gangs of lads always know when someone's gay.
It's like a herd instinct, and they can pick on him.
So, you're saying George is gay?
Well, we talked about this.
No, we said we don't know. So, what, you've made your mind up without me,
have you? You and your mates, and that Zee.
Is she next door, is she, right now?
Because she was outside. Or he was outside,
or they were outside. How does she know George?
She knows Saul, she follows him, so she follows his brother.
Yeah, you follow someone online,
you don't follow them home.
So, you sit there...
...in your house, with your mates, and you follow Saul,
and you follow George, and those great big lads,
and you watch their videos.
Are you watching with your pants down, Leo? Oh.
And then you come round here and you say that I'm a bad father. What?
Will you bollock them, Clive? They're pissing out the back.
For God's sake. Bloody idiots.
Can I have my phone back?
What you doing here?
Why is your friend Steph phoning me?
I dunno. I just popped in.
Clive, can I have my phone back, please?
You two. I won't tell you again!
Hi, Mr Struthers. Are we making too much noise?
No, no, no, you're good. Good. Hello, George.
That's the man I was talking about. I worked for him.
MEN CHATTER
All right, move out the way, move out the way. You take that?
Help yourself, Leo. We've got pizza for 5,000.
Most of it on the floor. Monty, what are you doing?
Sorry Mrs G.
Sorry, Mum, he's a fucking idiot.
Yeah, you can shut it, mummy's boy.
I was talking about you, mister. Oh?
Did Clive tell you what's happening at work for me?
No. The academy is merging three kitchens,
so my job is in consultation. We all know what that means.
That's tough. No, but the real problem is my boss,
Alexander, he's a gay man, you see.
Well, I don't actually know him.
But this is what he does.
He employs young lads in the kitchen,
and I mean young,
and they get younger and younger, those boys.
Yeah, one of them is under 16.
And the funny thing is, are their jobs in danger?
No, they're not, they're safe.
It's the women the first to go. Thank you.
OK, but that is not my fault.
Never is, is it? Blame-free.
Now, behave yourselves, you lot,
and don't start mooning, for Christ's sake.
I can't promise, Marie.
Have fun. Sorry, is it Mr Struthers?
Can I ask, have you got any jobs going?
It's just Saul was saying about the bar.
Er, not at the moment. But we get a high turnover,
so it's worth asking. We're Spit & Polish.
You should look at the website.
It's a gay bar, Olly.
I'll show my arse, I don't care.
Hey, it's a good arse.
Yeah, it doesn't actually matter,
cos you don't have to be gay to work there.
We're actually not allowed to ask.
You? Don't ask? Beg your pardon. He's fucking obsessed.
No, it's the law, Clive, as you well know.
If you were gonna take on an apprentice,
you wouldn't be able to ask if he was gay or straight.
Well, I'd know, though, wouldn't I? I'd know, wouldn't I, lads?
ALL AFFIRM
Would you know if someone's gay just by looking?
Not always.
Well, could you tell with us?
Um, well, that depends.
Well, go on. Law of averages, it's gotta be one of us.
Which one, is it?
Um... Have you got Grindr on your phone?
Hey, I've got his phone here.
Yeah, could, could I have that back, please?
Seriously, can I have my phone back? Thank you.
Go on, open it up.
Got it, got it.
Open it, go on. Hey, hey, the Grindr test.
Cos if one of us is bent, that thing's gonna go ping.
Oi-oi, I'll tell you what, boys,
if anyone in this room is gonna nosh us off,
Tuckshop would eat anything.
You know what? I'll take it, lads, I'll take it.
Wait a minute, whoa.
Was it your house that George was in,
drinking wine and... and wanking off? Cos Saul said...
Shut up, that's been sorted.
You're the gay next door, yeah?
Ah!
Cos I warn you, leave Georgie Girl alone, old man.
That bitch is mine.
Come on, Roddy.
Oh, my God! He's hard!
ALL CHEER Fuck off!
He's got a hard-on. I'm not kidding. He fancies me!
Oh, he shamed you! He's so ashamed!
Look at his face. Look at his face!
Hey, George, my man.
Oi... Oi. I'll tell you what though, boys.
I've had bigger.
You can fuck off, you little prick.
Takes one to know one, mate. Takes one to know one.
Congratulations, George!
Go on!
ALL CHEER, GLASS SMASHES
Keep it down in there, will you?
Proud of you, mate.
Go on, George.
You proud of yourself?
I didn't do anything.
It's gotta be said though, boys, eh,
it's gotta be said that my little George,
he didn't stand a chance
with this little pansy next door. Cos you know what?
He follows you.
Yeah, all of you. Online. He's watching you. Look.
Is that my video?
Yeah. Everything you do, he's watching.
That's not fair. All the time. Can I just have that back?
Why? Cos what else is on there, eh?
Thing is, Mr Goss, those boys of yours,
they're filthy.
They're fucking obscene.
Both of them, hey?
Turn it off. Turn it off.
Get off me. Get off me.
Go on, have a look, have a look.
All right, all right. That's me.
That's me. Tell you what, Monty,
they wouldn't have you, mate.
Hey, Hey, Hey. Good on you, lad, good on you.
Oh, fucking hell, Dad, I'm sorry.
No. Hey, it's good, isn't it? Cos you know, you're earning money,
and that's what counts, isn't it, eh, the coin?
Good on you.
SAUL GROANS AND GASPS
Turning you on, George?
You're going too far, Roddy?
Incest is best, yeah? So.
Look, I think I'd better leave you, Clive. Can I just have my phone?
You've seen it all before anyway, haven't you?
Eh? He's seen it before, Mr Struthers from number five, yeah.
You know what? He's seen you, Saul.
He sits there not ten feet away, watching videos of you.
Oh, my God. On his computer.
You don't... you don't subscribe, do you?
No, I do not.
What's this then? It's on your bar's website.
Sicko.
Fucking hell, George,
you got something to tell us, then, or what?
What's that?
George, what is that?
I don't know.
What are you doing there? I don't know.
Where is that? Oh, come on, it's...
Shut up, you!
You pornographer!
Now, you tell me what that is.
Look, I just think that sometimes when we just have
a lot to drink, we do silly things.
That, to me, looks like a mad night out with some daft mates.
So, what, he was with you? No.
Is that round your house? No, it's not.
So, how did you know he was drunk then?
What, did you get him pissed and then dress him up, did you?
Clive, just stop it.
Or did you put lipstick on him like a little doll, did you?
For Christ sakes! It's a boy in 2026 having a laugh.
He lives right next door, Clive. It's never a stranger.
There's lots of it and all.
♪ When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbing along, along
♪ Along
♪ There'll be no more sorrow when he starts... ♪
Fucking hell George, something to tell us, then?
♪ When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbing along, along
♪ Along
♪ There'll be no more sorrow when he starts... ♪
What you doing to him?
I'm not doing anything, and I think I'm better off going.
No!
Come on!
Shocking scenes of violence that some viewers may find distressing
You're trying to change my son. Let me go.
You're trying to change him. Just let me go.
Turning him into a little girl? Clive, let me go.
You seen those photos? What they do to you when you're trans?
Cos they chop your cock off. Look.
Ask George.
What the fuck? Well?
He didn't do anything. I'd never let him touch me. He's got HIV.
Dirty fuck! You filthy bastard!
You gotta watch yourself, Mr Goss, don't touch him.
I saw the pills in his house. I looked 'em up. He's infected.
I've had it for years, and I'm fine.
But according to Clive, there's no such thing as HIV,
so go on. Tell 'em, with all your wisdom, educate the lads.
What's this on your back, George? Hey, what does that say?
Is that on the T-shirt? No, no, no, it's on his skin. It's a word.
It's nothing, it's not anything.
Let's have a look... CROSS TALK
What the fuck is that, you weird kid?
Flo, what's Flo?
Hey, you got anything else?
What does that mean?
What is it? George, what the fuck, is it?
Is it menstrual flow? It's a game!
It was a stupid game we were playing. It's nothing.
What sort of game?
It was his friend. She did it.
Which one? The tranny.
Did you change his name? No. Did you give him a new name?
No, I've never seen it before. Did you name him? ..before.
They're gonna cut it off, Clive.
They're gonna cut his fucking cock off.
What, like this?
MEN GROAN
I'm George, I'm little Georgie.
Gotta say, Mr Goss,
if you want a ladyboy, you're the expert.
Mr Goss?
Mr G?
What are you doing, Mr Goss? That's a fella.
We all know you play away from home, but that's taking it a bit far.
Come here.
ALL SHOUT
Did you plan this? Stop it, Dad.
Is that what you do? Did you invite me in?
You know, we should hang him high.
Like those trainers that they hang on the telephone wires,
you know when there's a crackhouse in the street
and they put the trainers on the wires to warn people off.
They're not a warning, they're an advert.
Are you correcting me?
You keep grabbing hold, and breathing on me,
and using your fist,
I really don't know...
...which one of us is gay?
String him up.
Stop it!
Right... Right, get him to that lamppost there.
Come on, both of you, come on.
Let me go. It's OK. I'll just go home.
Let me go. I'll just go home. Come on now.
Get up there.
Dad, stop it.
What the fuck?
Stop!
What you doing?
That thing!
Get it! Run! Run!
Grab it now?
Run!
POUNDING ON DOOR
Oh, my God! They're going to get in!
They're getting in!
Clive, OK, OK, Clive. Clive, I'm sorry, OK?
But just leave Zee alone. She's done nothing wrong.
Police, police, I need police. Calico Road, M14.
Throttle him up, lads.
ALL SHOUTING
Dad, stop!
Please!
Stop it!
You can fuck off.
SHE SCREAMS
Yeah, go on! Go on!
Just stop, stop, stop.
Dad, what the fuck?
MEN SHOUT
Hold him. Hold him.
MUSIC PLAYS
Let's get him up there.
Dirty little paedo.
Please stop. Clive.
You take pride...
Please stop! ..in your flag.
God!
It's everywhere.
Please!
Well, we need a new flag, to say that this street is safe.
Dad, please. That our children are safe.
That there's one place in this world that children are safe.
And that flag...
Dad!
...is you!
Help me. Go on!
For God sakes, one of you!
Don't do it! Please, help me!
Hoist him up!
Help me!
Three, two, one.
Get him up.
Look at it. Look at it.
No, Dad! No, Dad!
Dad!
Let him go, please!
Got it.
Dad!
Let him go.
HE MURMURS
SHE SCREAMS
He can't breathe!
SHE CRIES OUT
SHE BANGS CAR
SHE SCREAMS
What have you...? What have you done?
APPROACHING SIRENS
Here we are. Cheers.
Has he moved all his things now? Oh, I've still got his books.
I keep thinking he's done it on purpose,
and he's gonna come back to pick them up and say,
"Oh, I made a mistake.
"I love you really, blah, blah, blah." Fuck off!
The divorce is final?
Absolutely. Yeah.
And the bar's all yours?
Mm-hm.
Are you gonna renovate it?
Cor, it's hard enough just keeping it open.
The costs. Now, I have to employ four security lads every night,
just cos it gets so rough. I mean,
in the '90s on Canal Street you'd never see a fight.
Oh, you did. I was there.
No, you'd have a couple of drunks maybe,
but these days, you know, windows get smashed.
Men driving past on motorbikes, throwing bricks.
Come on!
And I'm not starting up,
but you and I can't even mention trans rights without
a massive fucking argument, so it's,
it's... it's... it's all getting worse.
You sound like Melba now.
Well...
...like he always says, in the old days,
if they hated us, you could say it was due to a lack of visibility,
because we were hidden in basements like this.
Fucking in the dark.
No wonder they thought we were perverts.
And so we fought to be seen. But what if we got it wrong?
What if they see us and they still don't like us?
Gosh, you're asking a woman what that feels like.
OK, but it was fine, you know.
15 years ago everything was fine
and now it just feels like it's...
...ending.
Do you really think so?
Yeah... Yeah. Every day, every little thing,
every tiny little thing that happens,
one by one, like banning a book, or removing a name,
or pulling down a flag. I mean,
it seems like little things,
but there's a sort of a violence behind it.
And you just get more and more of these little things,
and every single day it builds and builds and then...
I think something big's gonna happen.
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