RubberDuck@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 2 days agoDoctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseaseswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
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minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days ago One doctor said that they had seen patients with two Victorian skin diseases, erysipelas and scabies, over the past three months. My brother had scabies three decades ago.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoThat was during the other Victorian era, in the 1990s, named after “Posh Spice” Victoria Adams/Beckham from the Spice Girls.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoSo in the 90’s, after Thatcher made the UK great again with conservatism?
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThat’s the one - although I think the rot set in when she snatched our milk.
My brother had scabies three decades ago.
That was during the other Victorian era, in the 1990s, named after “Posh Spice” Victoria Adams/Beckham from the Spice Girls.
Ah, Queen Victoria the Second.
So in the 90’s, after Thatcher made the UK great again with conservatism?
That’s the one - although I think the rot set in when she snatched our milk.