{"id":120785,"date":"2023-11-24T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120785"},"modified":"2023-11-24T22:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:00:31","slug":"bob-mortimer-loves-stockton-on-tees-after-mp-branded-it-a-sthole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/bob-mortimer-loves-stockton-on-tees-after-mp-branded-it-a-sthole\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Mortimer &#8216;loves&#8217; Stockton-on-Tees after MP branded it a &#8216;s**thole&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><span>Bookmark<\/span><span><svg class=\"active-svg svg-change-fill\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><\/path><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-bookmark-done\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-to-bookmark\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 25 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524080.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_High-Street-Stockton-on-Tees-Cleveland-widest-high-street-in-england.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email<\/p>\n<h2>Thank you for subscribing!<\/h2>\n<p>Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email<\/p>\n<p>We have more newsletters<\/p>\n<p> The salt-of-the-earth northern town allegedly branded a \u201cs**thole\u201d by the Home Secretary is actually super, the Daily Star can reveal. <\/p>\n<p> Stockton-on-Tees, on the doorstep of the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors, is loved by comic Bob Mortimer and serves up \u00a33 pints &#8211; \u00a32 cheaper than the national average. Houses in the town cost just \u00a3150,000 and the first public passenger railway in the world was laid there, pulled by one of the first ever steam locomotives. <\/p>\n<p> Superb Stockton was unfairly thrown into the spotlight this week after James Cleverly was accused of making derogatory comments about it during Prime Minister\u2019s Questions.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Rishi Sunak mocked as it appears PM has &apos;never used a hammer before&apos;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>To read more stories from the Daily Star on Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party, click here<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524075.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Virgin-Media-British-Academy-Television-Awards-2022-Special-Access-Arrivals.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> Labour MP, Alex Cunningham, asked PM Rishi Sunak why so many kids in his constituency were living in poverty. <\/p>\n<p> He claims the Home Secretary replied \u201cbecause it\u2019s a s** hole\u201d. Mr Cleverly denied that &#8211; but admitted calling Mr Cunningham \u201ca s*** MP\u201d. <\/p>\n<p> However, audio clips appear to back up the Stockton member. <\/p>\n<p> The row risked overshadowing many of the town\u2019s good features.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524077.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_KLP_MGA_060120mgaDebenhams_04JPG.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31523544.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Warren-Donohoe-with-his-daughter-Abigail.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Dublin stabbing: Hero dad &apos;wrestled knife from suspect&apos; as wife shares cut to his jumper<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Funnyman Bob grew up a stone\u2019s throw away and worked in the terrific town. <\/p>\n<p> He was a bin man and later returned to work at the Law Centre in Stockton.<\/p>\n<p> Bob, 64, said: \u201cI loved living there. I was there until I was 25, and the people that you meet then remain with you a lot longer than people you meet when you are older.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524078.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_UK-Government-Ministers-Attend-Cabinet-Ahead-Of-The-Autumn-Statement.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31522698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_aizenmain.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> UK weather maps track monster blizzard bringing &apos;10cm of snow per hour&apos; next week<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> One of his characters called Councillor Evans was based on a real local Labour councillor from Stockton, somewhere with a \u201cvery distinct, very dry\u201d sense of humour. <\/p>\n<p> Bob added: \u201cI was a bin man for about 16 months. It was a summer job but I just stayed on. It was all right and the people were pretty nice to us as binmen. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cYou got \u00a34.20 a day and you finished about midday every day, but then all the drivers forced you to the pub all afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524079.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_High-Street-Stockton-on-Tees-Cleveland-England.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31521214.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Facebook.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Drink driver killed her aunt in crash then dumped her body before making off<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> \u201cIf I\u2019m coming back to the North-East I set off early so I can come and have a little drive around. I drive around my old haunts to see what\u2019s changed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Sensational Stockton\u2019s other claims to fame include local chemist John Walker, who invented the friction match in 1827. <\/p>\n<p> It also boasts the widest high street in Britain and helped to win the Second World War by developing anti-tank guns and nuclear weapons at the town\u2019s chemical firm ICI.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524127.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_WD_GLO_010721LitFest_10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31520505.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/1_Farmer-fined-after-his-aggressive-black-cow-attacked-OAP-and-tried-to-kill-his-dog.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Farmer&apos;s &apos;aggressive black cow&apos; attacked OAP and tried to kill his dog on a footpath<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Billy Elliot actor Jamie Bell and Drop the dead Donkey star Stephen Tompkinson are from the town. <\/p>\n<p> Film director Ridley Scott, former PM Harold Macmillan, and famous writer George Orwell also once lived there. <\/p>\n<p> Angela Harper, co-owner of Stockton\u2019s KU bar which has hosted the Arctic Monkeys, said: \u201cWe know for a fact Stockton punches above its weight when it comes to music, with festivals and events that would put big cities to shame and would challenge people to come and see for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31524129.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Stockton-High-Street-ahead-of-work-on-Castle-gate-Centre.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31518292.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAIN-STOKE-Coked-up-thug-caught-beating-XL-Bully-pup-as-it-yelped-in-pain.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Coked-up thug filmed repeatedly beating XL Bully pup&apos;s head as it yelped in pain<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Claire Church, owner of Remember Me Tea Rooms, said: \u201cIt\u2019s shocking for someone who is a member of Parliament to say that. Stockton Council are doing their best, trying to regenerate the town, and they don\u2019t get enough credit. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe way the people come together &#8211; we do have our problems here but that\u2019s like anywhere else.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the News<\/li>\n<li>Conservative Party<\/li>\n<li>Exclusives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/bob-mortimer-loves-stockton-tees-31523950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmark Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email Thank you for subscribing! Never miss any of the fun stuff. 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