Birmingham is looking more like a landfill than a city right now, thanks to a garbage collectors’ strike that’s left trash piling up everywhere.
According to British media, the streets are overflowing with waste, the smell is unbearable, and rats are having the time of their lives.
One Tory MP even claimed to have heard reports of “rats the size of cats” in a nearby constituency.
Meanwhile, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is using the crisis to slam the Labour-run council ahead of local elections.
Locals say they used to be proud of their city, but now they’re just straight-up embarrassed. The strike started after the council ignored workers’ demands, and now residents aren’t just grossed out—they’re worried about getting sick too.