If you were to improve just a tiny thing about the entire UK, what is it?
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Icy-General1530@reddit
A Labour government that wasn’t scared of its own shadow
Ok-Organization1591@reddit
Repaint road markings
autofill-name@reddit
After resurfacing though..
Ok-Organization1591@reddit
Thst sounds like wishful thinking
skichip@reddit
Stop everyone being so divided. Politics has ruined this country.
PreparationHot378@reddit
It needs far more than a tiny thing. Basket case country
DaysyFields@reddit
Go back to the days when you ignored or laughed at people insulting you.
Physical_Orchid3616@reddit
I would deport every racist who has taken part in flag hanging or hanging out outside migrant hotels
cflyssy@reddit
Nigel Farage, fired.
Out of a cannon, into the side of a greenhouse.
Nudie-64@reddit
He might survive a greenhouse. Into a brick wall, or over a cliff.
boredsittingonthebus@reddit
Stop dropping litter everywhere
windfujin@reddit
There's definitely a massive broken window effect here..
SlowAnt9258@reddit
I came here to say this! First thing that came to mind. So rude to drop litter everywhere.
Viking-Bastard-XIV@reddit
This is my thing, just be responsible.
I will add more bins and more regular emptying of them is needed. The park near me has one bin, and it’s emptied about once a month, it just overflows. It is no excuse, but it would help the situation.
Virtuous-Patience@reddit
Came to say this… just take responsibility for your own impact on others!
HugsandHate@reddit
I don't.
:(
boredsittingonthebus@reddit
Glad to hear it. Keep it up!
HugsandHate@reddit
I will!
anxious_dwarf@reddit
Not exactly tiny but the rise of nationalism.
viking196@reddit
Ban Religion so everyone could get on together.
Versuchskaninchen_99@reddit
open shops and cafes until later FFS!
Old_Listen_7607@reddit
Property buying process
_weedkiller_@reddit
Critical thinking skills of those who can vote.
Whining_welsh7777@reddit
Critical thinking skills test and if you can’t pass it you can’t vote, and you have to redo it in your 70s
Proud-Initiative8372@reddit
Consequences for unwelcome behaviour. Including for young people.
I don’t mean encouraging violence or “bring back the belt” but it’s sad that as an adult, if I’m being harassed by a group of youths, there’s fuck all I can do. And they know this.
Ruby-Shark@reddit
It's hard being a kid. Not a lot of schemes. But I'm not the Borough! I wish I were...!
Speedboy7777@reddit
Oi mate can I have some of your coke?
Street_Inflation_124@reddit
How do you get your shirt so clean?
Majestic-Affect8407@reddit
Oi! Cleanshirt!
Apprehensive_Sun1762@reddit
Mandatory fact check captions, via AI, generated live, when Politicians are speaking on camera.
TrueBrit77@reddit
Ban advertisement of gambling companies. We don't allow it for smoking We don't see why we should allow it for betting
nmzzzz@reddit
Make the British Summer Time timezone permanent, I’m dreading the clocks going back next month! And also get rid of the archaic Sunday Trading Act
GreenhousePlum@reddit
Seconded on both points.
base73@reddit
Everyone should just agree on one parking app
boyforsale@reddit
Get rid of the wank license
laluLondon@reddit
A voting system with proportional representation.
sharkmaninjamaica@reddit
nuffink
best cuntry in fuckin world mate
got the NHS and proper decent grub
bucket_of_frogs@reddit
Shove a pineapple up Nigel Farage’s arse.
Status_General_1931@reddit
A decent government
sequentialogic@reddit
Make energy cheaper. That fixes everything. Helps with the cost of living, boosts UK manufacturing.
Super-Surround-4347@reddit
Stop playing things out loud on your phone
Careless_Fun7101@reddit
End class system and the resulting snobbery
Commercial_Cook7301@reddit
No average speed checks
Clear-Ad-2998@reddit
Repaint all the council housing which has grim grey rendering in Tobermory varieties of colour.
TheNavigatrix@reddit
I was just in Scotland and all of the newer houses had a grey pebbly exterior that just looked dirty and depressing. WHY? WHY? WHY?
AmbitiousReaction168@reddit
British people should be able to be loud without needing to get shitfaced first.
Strong_Muffin3941@reddit
Japanese immigration rules. Retroactively.
nasted@reddit
No second jobs for MPs: your job is full-time MP so no columns in newspapers, no consultancy on the side, no TV or radio shows and definitely no landlords!
Street_Inflation_124@reddit
This would eliminate all the GPs and professional engineers (you need to do a certain amount a year to maintain your credentials), and create a ruling caste who had, even more, zero actual understanding of the real world.
I would do it the same as my work - we are allowed a day a week freelance consultancy to keep us engaged with the real world, but it has to be signed off by our line manager.
I would also require a justification for any job of what they are actually DOING to earn the money (ie they actually have to be doing a real thing to earn the money, not cash for access).
BacupBhoy@reddit
I’d get rid of farage.
Street_Inflation_124@reddit
Well worded.
CrustyHumdinger@reddit
Improve the educational system
Square_Peg22@reddit
Anyone who has had cancer, or any other life limiting illness, should not be made to wait until 67 (or more) for their retirement.
badsyntax@reddit
It's not ok to leave your dog poo bags on hedges. AFAIK It's already illegal to litter so 🤷♂️
Square_Peg22@reddit
And these people call themselves animal lovers. Clearly wildlife doesn't count. You couldn't make it up.
ttrsphil@reddit
I wondered what that weird tasting fruit was
End6509@reddit
You have to take the skin off first
SkomerIsland@reddit
Watch out for the ripe ones
CmdrSpaceMonkey@reddit
Blackbagberries delicious
exp_cj@reddit
A dna registry for all dogs and a system of testing dog pooh against the register would identify offenders. The owners of those dogs would have to clean streets for a few days and work sampling dog pooh bags to provide swabs for testing.
DiligentCockroach700@reddit
Poo doesn't usually contain DNA unless there's blood in it, in which case you have a sick dog!
exp_cj@reddit
There are cells shed from the intestinal lining of the animal which can be used. This is a known method. We just need it at a national scale.
DiligentCockroach700@reddit
I stand corrected!
terryjuicelawson@reddit
The time and effort needed for stuff like this may as well have people out on patrol just picking up rubbish and poo, catching people they see in the act rather than doing it all in hindsight.
high_plains_grifter_@reddit
If it wasn’t for dog shit bags I would have wandered off the side of Ben Nevis. Them plastic parcels from dog owning dossers helped me find my way back to the path when it was pitch black.
Pebbles015@reddit
Was it your sense of taste that guided you back?
high_plains_grifter_@reddit
I had to do things that would make bear grylls stomach turn.
TallEmberline@reddit
When it's in the trees I call them poomas trees 😳
kinginthenorth_gb@reddit
Ah, the Warrington Christmas Tree
DrDaxon@reddit
Wait, so they don’t grow on hedges naturally?
Illustrious-Divide95@reddit
Stopping littering (esp chicken bones etc.)
Stop shit graffiti (looking at you St. George's Cross people)
Ban use of phone speakers on public transport, pubs and restaurants.
weatherwaxs_broom@reddit
Cut and subsidise all public transport fares!
Ok_Landscape_3958@reddit
Turn the Daily Mail, Daily Epress and The Sun offices into asylum accomodation.
Neat_Significance256@reddit
And the Telegraph
Then, close down GBnews and turn it into a toilet
Juan_in_a_meeeelion@reddit
Some might say it already is a toilet…
Neat_Significance256@reddit
Yeah, it's always full of turds
MichaelWhitehead@reddit
Deport all illegal immigrants immediately they are found
ItsOnlyMe07@reddit
This doesn't make sense as a sentence. Is English non-ironically your second language?
MichaelWhitehead@reddit
What part doesn't make sense? As soon as illegal immigrants are found, they should be immediately deported.
Juan_in_a_meeeelion@reddit
Perfectly acceptable sentence
Different-Use-5185@reddit
Make it a sackable offence to intentionally lie/mislead in parliament
Juan_in_a_meeeelion@reddit
Not just sackable, punishable by law/stocks/pillories etc.
Cokezerowh0re@reddit
Vapes not being sold to under 18s
lardarz@reddit
replace wasps and midges with bees
elbapo@reddit
Litter. We need a Singapore style crackdown. Have people work on commission filming offenders for a % of the fines they bring in/get prosecuted for.
Have doleys be able to supplement their income with a flat rate by weight of litter collected.
Make it a social opprobrium thing again.
Have an extra bank holiday which you get off only if you partake in litter picking for an hour.
ericraymondlim@reddit
Cheaper National rail fares.
Prudent_Data1780@reddit
Bring back public toilets yes we know druggies used them make us pay to use as druggies don't have spare change for the loo
adski42@reddit
Get rid of the racists
YoSondas@reddit
Was wondering how long until someone tried to make this political.
Does this include all the Asian and black racists or just the white ones?
joshisnthere@reddit
Of course it would, who has ever suggested we only deport white racists? Or did you just make it up to be angry at something.
YoSondas@reddit
Who mentioned anything about deport?
I just see a lot of “reform” is racist, “gammon” talk but never no mention of Asian or black racism which is rife.
Just an observation, no anger. Don’t project on me.
joshisnthere@reddit
Well to me “get rid of” means deport, unless you took it a bit darker? If there were asians or black racist MP’s with national news programmes there probably would be?
No ones making a post about their local racist asian, but they will about the racist bloke on TV who won’t stfu.
YoSondas@reddit
So to me, racism is a serious allegation. I take that word seriously unlike a lot of the left who throw it round like it means nothing. So, let’s hear a few examples of racism from the man you’re accusing is a racist. Should be pretty easy.
joshisnthere@reddit
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/28/nigel-farage-ukip-immigration-speech
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29565766.amp
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Point_(UKIP_poster)
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/farage-defends-ukip-candidate-over-chinky-slur-fzhcxcf6dzp
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/26/nigel-farage-under-fire-said-muslims-not-share-british-values
Seems like a pretty racist bloke tbh, let me know if you want more.
YoSondas@reddit
I’m not gonna sit here for 30 minutes and read through every single one of these word for word, so I’ll hit what I think are your key points from the headlines.
“Some of Britain are like foreign lands”. Yes, they are. What’s racist about this? Go to York market and go to Bradford market and tell me he’s wrong. The Muslim population of Bradford is 30%+ and is isolated in a very small area. This is the same Luton, Leicester, Bolton, many parts of Birmingham and London.
Where’s the hate in pointing out this very obvious fact?
"We want people to come who have got trades and skills, but we don't want people who have got criminal records - and we can't afford people with life-threatening diseases,"
Again, do you want people with criminal records and life threatening diseases? I don’t get the issue here. People are coming here from isolated villages in 3rd world countries. You lot are obsessed with vaccines and shit; do you think these guys have had all theirs? Lmao.
I don’t get your point with this one? What’s racist again about wanting to protect your border?
Pay wall.
Muslims don’t share British values. Hence why the religion exists predominantly in the Middle East and not the west. Do you think Islam is good for women? What about gay people? Do you value freedom of these groups of people liberal? Then why would you support a religion that doesn’t want, support or even tolerates that? I swear you lot don’t think.
So no. Nothing I’ve read here indicates a racist. I haven’t heard any slurs, direct hate or targeting for no reason. I’ve read valid points and concerns that most of the country share based on common sense.
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
And yet you come out with a whole lot of absolute nonsense. LOL
YoSondas@reddit
Refute what I’ve said then
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
Some of us are employed Gary
YoSondas@reddit
It’s ok to say you can’t. Learn to drop the ego, you’ll get MUCH further in life when you do.
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
Touch grass
YoSondas@reddit
The irony
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
Yes I see you have a mirror with you
joshisnthere@reddit
Lets not get drawn into one of these tit for tat arguments, we obviously have different views on the man. I find it funny though the only one you didn’t comment on was the one where he defended openly racist language. GN!
YoSondas@reddit
So send it me then not behind a paywall or just tell it me lol, I’ve addressed every single one in detail I’m not exactly hiding am I?
You haven’t given the slightest bit of effort to rebuttal any of what I’ve said and watered it down to a “agree to disagree” because you know as well as I do he hasn’t said anything racist. You just want him to be racist because it fits your narrative and have been swallowed up in divisive “them and us” politics by your side.
joshisnthere@reddit
https://news.sky.com/story/farage-defends-ukip-candidates-chinese-slur-10378308
https://www.politico.eu/article/nigel-farage-under-fire-after-campaigners-filmed-making-racist-comments/
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/nigel-farage-pictured-with-far-right-activists-who-posted-pride-swastikas-and-racist-rants/
He surrounds himself with racists, apologies for racists, defends racists, i’d call him a racist.
Whilst i cannot find a direct example of him shouting racist slurs on video right now, that does not change the fact he does the above.
YoSondas@reddit
You really have nothing do you? Two goes at researching, trying to find something racist he’s said and you’ve not been able to do it both times and still you stand by “he’s racist”.
Amazing.
joshisnthere@reddit
I’m pretty happy with my position tbh, I’ve provided quite a lot of information to explain my position.
As what started this off as well, every racist, no matter who they are, shouldn’t have a voice in this country. They certainly shouldn’t have a national “news” programme. Whether deporting them is the right thing to do, i’m unsure, i’d consult experts on various topics before committing to a plan.
YoSondas@reddit
You’ve provided no proof he’s racist. If what you’ve sent has convinced you he is, I’m worried about what the term racist now means.
There’s actual racists out there and this does nothing to combat them.
Mr-Safology@reddit
I'm Muslim btw, and you're talking load of rubbish mate.
Islam isn't the issue, dodgy people from all around the world, including war zone countries and those born and raised in England, is the issue. It's better to understand Islamic values instead of listening to Reddit forums. If you want to know, ask me, an open minded British lad that also is a Muslim.
YoSondas@reddit
Isn’t the issue in what regard?
Does Islam accept gay people? Can an openly gay person attend my local mosque for example? I’m not talking about some niche mosque, I’m sure there are many as Islam integrates with the west - I’m talking about your average mosque.
What is life like for the average woman under Islamic law? 32% of Muslims when last asked want to see Islamic law in the UK.
I’m not saying ALL of Islam is a bad thing btw, but in a Christian country built on Christian values compared to Islamic countries built on Islamic values - they look very different right?
I know have a ton of Muslim friends btw and have debates with them all the time. It’s a healthy relationship.
bittersweetful@reddit
How many of your alleged Muslim friends are women? Have you ever asked them how they feel about their rights within Islam? Have you ever met any gay people who have encountered - or identified as - Muslim? Have you ever tried to enter your local mosque and inquire?
Also, the 32% of Muslims polled is utter BS - please share your source, because the only survey I can think of that is remotely close to that was about Muslims wanting the freedom to practice their religion in the UK, not to install Islamic law. This means being able to buy halal meat, wear the hijab, have prayer rooms at work, etc. Very different from demanding the entire UK follows anything different from current laws.
You talk about this country being Christian and built on Christian values - yet Christian countries vary wildly, as do Muslim countries. The US, DRC, Philippines and Italy all vary wildly in how they practice Christianity and how it has shaped their laws and society. Likewise, when you say "Islamic countries built on Islamic values" are you referring to the Maldives or Malaysia, Bosnia or Bangladesh?
YoSondas@reddit
None to be honest, just dudes.
I haven’t.
I haven’t.
No lol I’m not that dedicated to this to go enquire at the local mosque.
It was from the Henry Jackson Society:
Henry Jackson Society polling (2024) The poll, conducted by J.L. Partners and commissioned by the Henry Jackson Society, reported that 32% of British Muslims support the implementation of Sharia law in the UK.
Yeah I know they do, again - you’re implying that I hate all Muslims… I don’t. Or you’re atleast framing it that way.
In really simple terms, what countries do the citizens have more rights in with an average of better living standards; Christian countries or Islamic countries? I’m referring to no specific countries just the cultures of those countries in particular; ones of Christian values and ones of Islamic values.
Mr-Safology@reddit
Are you gay?
Islam says being gay is a sin, however that's your relationship with God and yourself. If you're gay, you're a sinner, and can sinners go to mosque? Yes. Again, it's your relationship with God and your soul. Only you know.
Christianity, it's also a sin. Christian values you say? If the woman hasn't covered her hair, she must shave off her hair in Christianity. I'm not joking here. 1 Corinthians 11:6. Read it.
Islam doesn't ever say that. It's never forceful, it's your relationship with God. This is Islamic law.
However Islam says, to follow the laws of the land you live in. If it goes against your normal rights of belief, then leave the country. Like, if you say to not pray or ban Muslims from praying, we'll all leave. In fact, this country won't run, as that's a lot of us. I will leave if the law says that I can't pray. But it won't. Because isn't that what democracy is, isn't this what England is all about?
Islam says to cover awra for both men and women. Women, it's the chest, hair (scarf will do) and legs. Men, it's the abs, the area between belly button and thighs. So as a Muslim man, I can't wear shorts. Obviously there are tweaks, as in if he's a fisherman then he's allowed, or if she is and not in a public market for example, it's fine. In a general term, we have to cover awra. The burqa isn't needed and it's her choice. You'll be surprised that women genuinely want to cover up. I find it strange and it's not even needed, but what do I have to say in the matter. If she wants to wear it, let her. It's taking her rights away if we say she can't when she wants to.
What Christian values are holding up in our country? As a Muslim, even I want Christian values as that's what makes us closer to the higher power, which you call as Father. Love Jesus the Messiah, son of mother Mary, as a Muslim I love him, Jesus Christ pbuh. The Qur'an has a chapter dedicated to the mother, it's called Maryam.
Islam honours women. Mother Mary is honoured. She wore a Hijab. She is a pure woman, beautiful soul. My mother is Muslim, she works, wears Hijab, she's fine. Drives, goes out with her girl friends. I don't understand the issue?
The first ever university opened was by a Muslim woman. In the UK, every university pays respect to Fatima. The UK universities honour a Muslim woman.
Islam says women are to be honoured, and it has nothing to do with Arab culture. You're mixing culture with Islam. Islam respects women. Islam, women can work, and all earnings is theirs. The husband has to earn and provide for his wife. Plus gives dowry (give her whatever she wants before marriage, it can be a ring or a house etc).
chat5251@reddit
Deporting people who use the term racist liberally and incorrectly.
Technical_Fudge_8043@reddit
🥱
Vast-Associate2501@reddit
Found the racist ^
alanpartridge69@reddit
Wouldn't necessarily consider that a "tiny" thing, but nice grandstand I guess.
inebriatedWeasel@reddit
Ban shops from putting Christmas stuff out before November. September 1st is far to early!
fireeyedboi@reddit
Why does it matter?
Any_Crazy_500@reddit
Because there’s two other celebrations between September and December.
fireeyedboi@reddit
And you can’t buy what you need for them because of the Christmas stuff?
Any_Crazy_500@reddit
No, it takes away everything from those festivals. For example, my local Morrison’s has Xmas stuff out, yet no Halloween.
As a dog owner, I personally don’t give a toss about bonfire night, it’s just an excuse for people to make noise, and it’ll probably be even worse those year, but it’s ridiculous that they can’t wait till the end of September to put a mud stuff out.
fireeyedboi@reddit
Halloween being celebrated the way it is now is relatively new, it was practically non-existent when I was a kid compared to what it is now, bonfire night was much bigger and has been dwindling in importance each year as I’ve grown up. They stock what you need, them having a Christmas aisle doesn’t stop you getting what you need.
No one forces anyone to buy anything for Christmas, it’s easily ignorable if you don’t want any of it, I’ve managed it every year.
Any_Crazy_500@reddit
You’re completely missing the point that we’re having Xmas shoved down our throats earlier and earlier each year and it@/ not about being to buy other stuff or not, it’s purely for the sake of capitalism.
fireeyedboi@reddit
So why mention the other stuff then?
A supermarket practicing capitalism? I am shocked. Shocked and chagrined.
Nothing is going to change about this so why stress about it? You do not have to buy this stuff until you want to. Obviously some people do or else they wouldn’t give up the shelf space would they?
Any_Crazy_500@reddit
Again. Missing the point. Bye troll. 🧌
fireeyedboi@reddit
What point am I missing? Jesus Christ.
And disagreeing with you doesn’t make someone a troll ffs
inebriatedWeasel@reddit
Because it takes all the fun out of the occasion, and it doesn't feel as special as it should.
fireeyedboi@reddit
For you perhaps, but I couldn’t care less what supermarkets do.
I guess they’d argue it helps people spread out the cost, not much wrong with that if people need it imo
LordAxalon110@reddit
You have to think of the people who work all through Christmas.
I was a chef for 20 and anyone in the industry and many others, know how bad it is around that time of year. Working when everyone else is out partying, spending time with their loved ones and having a jolly good time.
I worked 90 hour weeks, the most stressful time of year due to the shear amount of Christmas party's etc. It's also the same for doctors and nurses and many other industries.
To most of us, seeing Christmas being advertised months before it comes, is rather traumatic and soul destroying.
There's more than you in the world, so don't be so blind to that.
fireeyedboi@reddit
Funny last line when you’ve used completely personal anecdotes as to why you don’t like it.
You’re also not the only person who works at Christmas, and as for the Christmas aisle at a supermarket being traumatic? Oh do fuck off.
DrDaxon@reddit
Bored of Christmas about 2 months before Christmas.
YouWascallyWabbit@reddit
It's annoying and makes it feel like the year has ended already
Midnight-Fast@reddit
Christmas logistics and operations from Nov 1. Anything resembling celebrations Dec 1.
GnaphaliumUliginosum@reddit
If you are celebrating Christian Christmas (rather than capitalist Xmas), advent is traditionally a period of penitence and fasting, celebration only starts on the evening of the 24th December and lasts 12 days.
I'm not Christian, but I much prefer this approach.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
Ban people whining about it would be my request. I see more people doing this than the actual displays.
Drae-Keer@reddit
Some places put it out so early I wonder why they even bother taking it down at all
Pebbles015@reddit
My discord soundboard on joining a voice channel is "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."
TroublesomeFox@reddit
End of August here, I actually got irritated 😂
TallEmberline@reddit
For crafting supplies, the summer is the right amount of time to be ready.
broketoliving@reddit
me retiring abroad
ClydeinLimbo@reddit
More biscuits
turbo_dude@reddit
Better biscuits
wildOldcheesecake@reddit
Stop rich tea hate
Bee-baba-badabo@reddit
u/ClydeinLimbo for Prime Minister!
Stefgrep66@reddit
Make financial planning part of the school curriculum.
V8boyo@reddit
Council funding is centralised and has a per capita formula.
Gluecagone@reddit
Fine cyclists who run red lights.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
They can be. But considering how few cars get tickets for this, and how normalised speeding is, probably not going to happen and really bottom of any road safety campaign. Only if police directly see them and have absolutely nothing else to do. If they bring it in then no one celebrating it can ever compain if police don't turn up after things like burglaries.
Gluecagone@reddit
It would be a good thing for Operation Snap but the problem is cyclists have no visible identification like a number plate.
Danger_Youse@reddit
Fine cyclists ~~who run red lights.~~
EPanda108@reddit
I would have a permanent squadron of armed drones circling the sky so that if anyone starts a phone call or FaceTime on their phone on speaker in public they are immediately unalived.
carolethechiropodist@reddit
Australian here, I love reading how awful your house buying system is, chains???WTF??? Changing there minds after 5 months of waiting?? We have a much better system in Australia. Import it wholesale.
BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit
Not sure if it qualifies as tiny, but cut train fares. It's nuts and really prohibitive.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
I have even seen theories that making it entirely free would be a positive. People would use them more and it would pay for itself in the boost to the economy as people visit or commute more easily.
ClickerKnocker@reddit
Hard agree. I'm flying to Spain this weekend. The return airfare is cheaper than a return train fare from London to Nottingham.
Hallo-Person@reddit
agreed, sometimes plane tickets r both significantly cheaper and faster than a train
Careful-Button-606@reddit
Extortionate aren’t they!
Huirong_Ma@reddit
One was a Singaporean and recently immigrated to the UK. There is so much wrong with this country beginning at the littering and dirty streets up to their negligence, obsession with identity politics or tolerance to crimes, and anti-social behaviours.
Where should one even begin?
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
Better water infrastructure
PsychologySpecific16@reddit
That's not small. That's monumental 😄
Xcalipurr@reddit
Using km and kg instead of miles and poinds
Firm-Swimming-6142@reddit
Why…
Xcalipurr@reddit
Because most of the world uses it
E420CDI@reddit
Plus, we got halfway there with metric in the 70s, so we'd just be completing the process.
robjamez72@reddit
Irritate American tourists.
Ill-Breadfruit5356@reddit
Reverse Brexit
previously_on_earth@reddit
Don’t think that’s a tiny thing
Ill-Breadfruit5356@reddit
Good point. Maybe that thing they did when they made each bit of toblerone smaller, in that case
Fuzzy_Shape_4628@reddit
Kindness, it cost nothing
Bee-baba-badabo@reddit
Except for my sense of superiority! If I'm kind to people, that would mean I respect them. And I only respect my peers. Of which I have none! /jk
Hazeylicious@reddit
The alphabet says “hi” then retracts that statement with a /“jk”
peeper_tom@reddit
The Cities are getting abit gross. Maybe a clean up or something. And we need to eradicate the “tall poppy syndrome”.
Conscious_Ring_9855@reddit
Light switches on the inside of bathrooms. I get it that with old wiring that wasn’t advisable but surely we can do it now?
Busy_Mortgage4556@reddit
I've got a light switch in my bathroom, and in all of the bathrooms before.
wordshavenomeanings@reddit
Yes, we can.
So long as its .6 meters from the bath.
Spannerdaniel@reddit
Create a national public toilet service because toilet access is essential to a day out.
fothergillfuckup@reddit
I'd deport Farage to Botswana for tax avoidance.
TomLondra@reddit
Get rid of the monarchy.
Neat_Significance256@reddit
Seconded.
Then get rid of Farridge
Silhouette_Sneezes@reddit
There should be something like Escrow in house buying. The whole system of buying a house is so drawn out, expensive, chasing solicitors, and buyers and sellers who break the agreement last minute, costing everyone thousands.
If there was a system that was more legally binding and a set timescale for the legalities to be completed then the whole system would just work better.
I completely get that there’s more old land laws and so it can be more complex but there still needs to be a better system in place all round. Bought our house four years ago and the whole process still winds me up.
JCDU@reddit
\^ buying a house should be a 5 minute online form-filling exercise that costs £100 not some tortuous kafka-esque process relying on the whims of solicitors who charge extortionate amounts for what amounts to a bit of light photocopying and (usually) insane pedantry over non-existant covenants that are easily solved with a £20 insurance policy and *should* just be done once for life or legally abolished altogether.
angels-and-insects@reddit
Give equal BBC time to minor parties based on the number of their MPs.
JCDU@reddit
\^ this, we've heard so much of reform's BS just because they're polling well but we hear fckall from LD or Greens.
Journalists forget that they make or break this by giving people airtime.
bastard_rabbit@reddit
There should be standardised recycling across all councils. You almost need a degree to know the differences across different boroughs.
Bit-Boring@reddit
In my area the black wheelie bins are for recycling and the green ones for other waste. I don’t know what malevolent prankster thought that up, but I’m sure they’re still laughing in hell
FearlessMoose94@reddit
Similar to my area. We have brown for recycling and another brown bin (same shade) for garden waste and green for everyday rubbish
Effective-One6061@reddit
This is coming, I think?
exp_cj@reddit
Gove said he would do it about 10 years ago. But it went nowhere.
Verbenaplant@reddit
yes please. and more simple recycle bins around towns.
ColdShadowKaz@reddit
If it’s standardised then it becomes a part of culture and even manufacturers will be happy to label packaging if it sells stuff better.
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
And tips that actually let you use them
moneywanted@reddit
Get rid of the people. Give the ecosystem a chance to rebalance itself.
pc_kant@reddit
Cars should switch off motor and electricity after 20 seconds of standing. Can be standby mode initially so the motor comes back up while at a traffic light. I'm tired of people parking in front of my house at 7am with their windows down and talking on their speaker and waking me up because it's more convenient than holding the phone. All while using AC or heating and ruining the environment.
IAmAlive_YouAreDead@reddit
Proper enforcement and punishment of modified car exhausts. Confiscation and immediate destruction of scrambler bikes being driven on public roads.
MacAoidh83@reddit
Adults using the words ‘poo’ and ‘wee’ - also those words being used in official NHS articles etc. it’s infantile.
GandalfsNozzle@reddit
What I have been thinking about recently is...
I wish a large amount of lampposts would have tattered and destroyed England flags on...
Not gonna happen in my lifetime sadly...
ROM_of_ROMKOM@reddit
Just a tiny thing? 🤔
Elect a socialist government, abolish the monarchy and all of the aristocracy, make cigarettes illegal, have zero tax on non-alcoholic beer and vegan food, promote cycling and public transport with a lot of funding, oh and recognise Palestine.
Actual-Morning110@reddit
Keep your cats in your house for poo. Don’t ruin other’s front yards.
weedywet@reddit
Also: They live longer if they’re indoor cats.
Actual-Morning110@reddit
True that
Organic_Aide4330@reddit
Make deform voters 1% more intelligent.
SilverellaUK@reddit
I don't know about that, more of them might put the cross in the place they intended.
Organic_Aide4330@reddit
Or even the correct flag 🤔
TheDarkestStjarna@reddit
Headphones on public transport.
Orc_face@reddit
Sort out the tax evasion/,loop holes of the super rich… if the country could fund everything from schools, infrastructure, emergency services, hospitals to welfare
1-Bloke@reddit
People get your head out of your phone and love IRL
nasted@reddit
I hope you typed that from your desktop…
1-Bloke@reddit
Of course not 😂. I'd like to think I spend less time scrolling than most
twogunsalute@reddit
More bank holidays, or at the very least, one in Autumn.
Drae-Keer@reddit
Only if we also get to throw fruit at people in the pillory!
Goldf_sh4@reddit
They need to plonk one at the end of January when everyone's depressed.
hime-633@reddit
Just a tiny thing?
Reverse the scourge that is people listening to "content" on their phones out loud in public (okay specifically on buses). Yuck!
Lutine64@reddit
Ban smartphones for under 18's.
butt3rflycaught@reddit
The litter situation. It’s become pretty bad.
UnusualActive3912@reddit
Ban people from going on strike if any innocent people get caught up in it.
kickyraider@reddit
Compulsory voting from aged 16
RafRafRafRaf@reddit
I feel like successfully extracting a fair rate of tax from big businesses is not a tiny thing at all.
So that said: blue badges and blue badge spaces never ever to be used by someone not entitled to do so ever again. It’d instantaneously make really quite a lot of disabled people’s (and caregivers) lives just a bit easier.
Time4Wasting@reddit
Peoples ability to be pleasant to eachother.
Neyne_NA@reddit
Mate people here are exceptionally nice and polite. Sometimes too much.
Alundra-1998@reddit
100% agree. If we insult someone, that is us liking them. Unless we don't and then it is just an insult. 😆
davidjoelkitcher@reddit
WTF does that even mean.
davidjoelkitcher@reddit
What's wrong with just being pleasant FFS?
Hard_Loader@reddit
Rotate 90 degrees centred on Greenwich. We all get to enjoy a mild Southern climate. We might encroach on France and Ireland a bit, but we'd save on ferry fares.
Professional-Day6965@reddit
More hats
Ok-Fondant2536@reddit (OP)
Yes, that's the thing!
Czubeczek@reddit
But not baseball caps. Leave them to muricans.
pdirth@reddit
Use to think that until I lived in Portugal. You know how when you're driving the sun always finds its way to the gap between the sun-shades and rear-view mirror and blinds you?.... Baseball cap...built in sunshade. 🤯 ...Never been blinded by the sun in years, can't believe it took me nearly 50 years to learn it.
davidjoelkitcher@reddit
That's literally why baseball players wear them.
Effective-One6061@reddit
But they muss your hair up!?
pdirth@reddit
Hair??!! .....I wish 😔
Mr-Safology@reddit
They do, which is why I wear them now. The wind and rain mess up my wavy hair so they do the lords work, but it's a damn pain to take the cap off. Flat tyre society, I tell you
Czubeczek@reddit
You drive in sunglasses ;)
Elongulation420@reddit
“People aren’t wearing enough hats”
Python; Meaning Of Life
Agniology@reddit
More heads too!
davidjoelkitcher@reddit
Everyone staring each other down like it's fucking highschool and lad culture in general.
Immorals1@reddit
Ban noisy fireworks. Silent ones exist.
Lollygagger105@reddit
Or just drone displays now please
Conscious_Ring_9855@reddit
Auto-fill at the petrol pump.
Lollygagger105@reddit
Or at least somebody to come and do it for you!
Aphr0dite19@reddit
Stop littering, and improved recycling.
AdTraditional5917@reddit
Getting rid of crackheads that's all, then the rest of them in the world.
FishFingers11@reddit
Stopping the boats.
Midnight-Fast@reddit
Abolish FPTP!
nasted@reddit
Single transferable vote gets my vote!
goodgooses@reddit
One unified parking app for the whole country so I can get rid of the 10 or so I've collected.
DaleSnittermanJr@reddit
Spider removal service
Mr-Najaf@reddit
You would then in turn need a fly/bug removal service, essentially double jng the cost. The spider does the latter for free
Salt-Evidence-6834@reddit
All toilet doors open outwards.
Goldf_sh4@reddit
This made me picture the awkward shuffle you have to do when they don't.
Putrid-Caramel7004@reddit
Nobody litters. EVER!
LordAxalon110@reddit
Bring a life lesson to schools.
Teaching kids about a proper diet, how bad social media can be for your mental health, how to store and prepare basic meals, teach them how to budget, how to repair clothes, how to write a CV, teach them how to live life properly.
Goldf_sh4@reddit
They do this.
Clear-Ad-2998@reddit
That's what parents used to be for.
RaysAreBaes@reddit
Back before both parents had to work 3 jobs just to pay the bills
LordAxalon110@reddit
Well when we have more kids raising kids, you just get a dumber society. Also no one teaches parents either, people just fumble around and try to figure it out themselves.
When in reality, if it was a forced subject then future generations wouldn't be as fucked as we are currently. Educating the next generations is paramount to the success of our society.
TallEmberline@reddit
When have they not done CV writing in school? They did in mine, plus when I was a student I worked as a mentor in schools coaching kids on this too. In the mid to late 2000s. Has it stopped?
LordAxalon110@reddit
I left school in 2001 and we never got any of that. Misses said she left school left in 2007 and she said the same.
So maybe it's either region based or it's something newer? But it's not something I've ever heard of. I'd be pleased if it's something they do teach because it's pretty important.
TallEmberline@reddit
Region specific makes sense then as was definitely a thing at multiple schools in my area in that time 🤔
Delicious_Link6703@reddit
When I was 13 & 14 in the 1970’s our girls’ school ran sewing classes one year and cookery the next. We learned about basic nutrition, how to cook basic meals, how to make simple garments, sew on buttons and turn up a hem.
At home in our teens our Mum showed the 3 of us how to do laundry, iron a shirt/blouse, wash up, polish furniture. Dad got us working in his shed with him so we learned basic diy.
Mum and Dad sat at the kitchen table every Friday with Dad’s wage packet and bills. Dad would then go to the bank and pay the bills & mortgage and withdraw cash for Mum to buy food etc.
We 3 siblings are in our 60’s now and have taught our own children in the same way.
Spillsy68@reddit
Brexit
HuiOnFire@reddit
get rid of automated speed cameras, especially variable speed limits on motorways
makes people drive like cunts, not safer
Delicious_Link6703@reddit
Keep trees trimmed so they don’t obscure road signs.
EarlGreyTeaDrinker@reddit
Can we get the road signs cleaned and the rubbish picked up too. I know, that’s now three things.
EducationalRat@reddit
Biscuits and crisps don't make you fat
SilverellaUK@reddit
Just break the biscuits before you eat them. It lets the calories escape.
CymroBachUSA@reddit
Ban Reform?
Few-Elk-8537@reddit
Air conditioning
jantruss@reddit
Farage off the air forever
ForzaXbox@reddit
And fed into a garden shredder.
Acidphire21@reddit
that if you dont keep a 75% voting presence in parliament or Councils then you forefelt your seat and your salary & Pension
Candid-Worker35@reddit
I like this idea. In or out but no stealing a salary by allowing people to drift in office.
itssearstower@reddit
Suppose no more rape gangs would be too much to ask
Happy_fairy89@reddit
Automatic massive fines for middle lane hogs on the motorway please
chat5251@reddit
Minimum prison sentence for anyone using a phone without headphones around others.
BobDobbsHobNobs@reddit
More flags please
Early_Government198@reddit
Compulsory voting.
Back-teeth@reddit
Ban turning up the volume of ads between TV programmes - you’re dozing in your chair and suddenly the sound is turned up to eleventy stupid and you’re shocked awake
Midnight-Fast@reddit
Train fares
SuomiBob@reddit
I’d get rid of pricks on L plates bombing around on mopeds, E-bikes, illegal E-scooter things and anything else motorised and unregistered. They drive like absolute weapons and make the roads infinitely worse and more dangerous for everyone. Why an L plate loophole exists at all is beyond me.
TheFansHitTheShit@reddit
Compulsory voting.
Educational_Syrup_29@reddit
Just bringing back common courtesy like letting people off before you get on kinda beat
Didymograptus2@reddit
Bring in Pr for Westminster votes and split into 3 countries plus NI joining Ireland
Wishing-Winter@reddit
Build on actual brown land rather than greenbelt land.
Careful-Button-606@reddit
An Independent Yorkshire!!!
mo0n3h@reddit
If people’s attitudes were even a tiny bit less selfish by default.
TheLaziestAdam@reddit
Turn down the volume on bikes.
Love hearing someone revving and bombing down the road at 2am -_-
Careful-Button-606@reddit
No more Farage. Creepy little snake.
Peasplease25@reddit
Affordable, connected public transport. Everywhere.
chi-93@reddit
I would scrap VAR.
J8MXY@reddit
Drop the price of everything
DragonEagle88@reddit
It’s not really tiny but the weather :)
Extreme-Self5491@reddit
Traffic lights like the French so that we dont have double sets of lights everywhere that create clutter.
robjamez72@reddit
And flashing ambers at pedestrian crossings and roundabouts at night. Who needs to wait at a red light for an empty roundabout at 2am?
thrannu@reddit
Learn more about/ how to respect the different cultures and languages within the UK besides the big one
Neyne_NA@reddit
Better cycling infrastructure outside large cities
Tea_Ve@reddit
Blimey our roads are only one car width wide anyway 🤣
morkjt@reddit
The bit just to the northwest of France.
shooshpap@reddit
Like a nationwide advert of when walking on a busy street keep to left! Always a nightmare weaving in and out up and down streets like Oxford street
djfanklespondemic@reddit
The tiny thing I'd improve would be for N. Farage to stop drawing breath.
Vortex767890@reddit
Reduce inflation
SpezSucksDonkeyCock@reddit
A compulsory paid day off for your birthday.
14JRJ@reddit
How much money I have
mom0007@reddit
That littering came with the immediate punishment of spending 7 evenings litter picking. I would also like to see more rights to wild camp in England as long as you leave no trace.
coffeewalnut08@reddit
The public transport.
Spottyjamie@reddit
Clamp down on littering
jennye951@reddit
Get rid of Reform Party
HeyGuysHowWasJail@reddit
Respect one another
Czubeczek@reddit
Get rid of british ;) Joke.
RockFourStar@reddit
In the spirit of a tiny thing that would make a difference (and could happen) I'd get rid of Daylight Savings.
D1789@reddit
Left turn on red.
There aren’t many “Americanisms” I’d want to see here in the UK, but their right turn on red rule is fantastic.
Shoddy-Reply-7217@reddit
Nooooooo. slow pedestrians and cycles will never get across the road.
D1789@reddit
Pedestrian crossings at junctions are a thing.
Cyclists are “traffic”. If anything, they’d benefit from this. (Well, the good ones that stop at red lights, that is.)
Shoddy-Reply-7217@reddit
Pedestrian lights won't exist at places where left turn on red exists, so the most vulnerable people will be left not knowing if they can get across the junction and/or being surprised by cars that haven't seen them.
Seriously, look up how difficult it is to be a pedestrian in the USA and right turn on red is a major cause of injury and conflict between cars and walkers.
And it will be more difficult for us 'good' cyclists that are going straight ahead, have stopped at the lights but in the left hand lane or in the advanced stop lane (as many junctions are laid out to encourage them to do) and then cars are turning left across them. It's happened to me so many times at normal junctions, never mind when car drivers are rushing through before the other lights change and not seeing anyone that isn't the same size as a car.
Lonely-Key36@reddit
This is one thing I miss about living in the US, it was so convenient and caused less traffic build-up! But then again Brits love to queue so maybe wouldn't be so favorable here.
D1789@reddit
Brits love to queue except when it’s traffic. Brits hate traffic.
twogunsalute@reddit
Does any nation like traffic?
the114dragon@reddit
This would just make junctions a nightmare.
Cantabulous_@reddit
I can understand where you’re coming from but it’s a flippin’ nightmare at pedestrian crossings. So much so that where I live in the US now has “No right on red” signs at practically all traffic lights.
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
I agree, especially as some light have went up at the turn to my parents' house about 5 years ago and they stay red for aaaaaaaaaages, it's be nice to be able to just nip around the corner instead of waiting.
Willywonka5725@reddit
Being back manners, I'm absolutely convinced things like Alexa plays a part in kids having no manners these days. I think Alexa should only do what you ask if you say please.
God I'm old.
FoolishDancer@reddit
Make the taps on the side of the house a standard size, then sell hoses with metal fittings at each end so you can attach them to the tap and a sprayer.
tommy_two_tone_@reddit
That is interesting. That would be annoying as fuck actually.
FoolishDancer@reddit
It’s ridiculous!! (And sometimes the bathroom taps stick out less than a centimetre from the edge of the sink so it’s difficult af to wash your hands.)
isearn@reddit
Is introducing proportional representation a tiny thing…?
EitherChannel4874@reddit
No phones at gigs, concerts and the cinema.
Mundane-Security-454@reddit
Ban the tabloids, educate right-wingers.
Pillowrice@reddit
Bring back basic manners. Please, thank you. Excuse me Etc.
Big_Distribution_481@reddit
Tax the wealthy
macros1980@reddit
Attitudes towards trans people. I've acquired quite a few trans friends on my journey and they're scared right now. We've regressed sharply in recent years.
peterhala@reddit
The 52% would be moved to MAGA states and forced to stay there.
a-punk-is-for-life@reddit
Make it go darker a bit earlier in the summer and a bit later in the winter. Although that might not be tiny when I think about it...
Apprehensive_Guest59@reddit
You mean end daylight saving?
Far-Fun4526@reddit
People would stop littering and spitting
Public-Magician535@reddit
Quality of reddit posts