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LIVERPOOL: Britain’s North Korea? (Documentary)

Ed explores a once mighty city and tries to talk to its inhabitants and visitors about the peculiar Scouse identity. He even makes a trip to Anfield. There he discovers several surprises...

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May 18, 2025
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The people of Liverpool were as friendly and genuine as I’d been informed, but as I dug beneath the surface I began to realise I was dealing with a city-wide omerta. They had cutting criticisms of the place off-camera, but they daren’t do anything other than praise it when on the record. Eventually, as I drank in the hypnotic pageantry of Anfield, I asked myself: “Had I stumbled into Britain’s North Korea?”

— Edward Dutton

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