We used to be a proper country

my direct relative designed the red one. My only claim to fame.

Oh yeah, well my direct relative flies the blue one.
- Who?
He also designed the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool, I believe.
- correct! he did indeed.
Sir Scott *tips hat.

There’s not many phone boxes left in the UK of any design now.

I’ve seen a few converted into tiny libraries or art displays.

The red ones converted to something else I always enjoy. We even have some of them here in Germany now.
- What did they convert to? I can't tell if this is a joke I just don't understand or what
Seen one converted to a defibrillator before too.

Every day I understand more and more why Romans left Britain.

I thought we were all Britons.
- Who made you king then?

Which one is bigger in the inside?

The police box, not the telephone box
- So the tardis lost her ability to adopt to the time and environment? What a shame.
The one from Inspector Spacetime https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.Wcu7UaSLOU3CewYy2kxCwwHaE8?pid=ImgDet&dpr=1.8&PC=EMMX01
- Chapeau, I did not think of that. I just thought "close enough to make the joke" but you made the joke better than intened

The TARDIS is a police box, not a regular telephone box. Very few of them survive now.
Was about to say, the Doctor wouldn't be having none of either of these.

Seriously what the fuck uk? Now I'm never gonna visit!

Even better those "newer" phone boxes are now so infrequently used that they are mostly broken. Also more often than not they smell like piss.
- I'd say they're frequently used then. Just not for the intended purpose.

I'd say that David Cameron and every PM since him were several times worse downgrades than making an uglier version of an obsolete box but that's just me 🤷

David Cameron was a downgrade on Blair and Brown how?
- How was the pig fucker from Eton NOT a downgrade??

Are there even any of those 'newer' BT phoneboxes still around?
Granted I don't go outside much anymore but even a few years ago they were few and far between, with most having the walls, door and phone removed by that point.

At least one
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vgzwoAC5niXFt8DRA

I've never been to the UK. Is this real? No more red phone booths???

Some still survive but mostly just for tourists to take a picture next to. Hardly any of those left, even the “modern” ones, actually have a working phone.
- What's with prancing naked trumpet guy?
  "DOO DO DO DOOOO! Telephoooone!"
They do exist in some towns, but they stopped making new ones a long time ago. They are expensive to maintain. No one uses payphones anymore so new ones aren't being built anyway.
Yes, we stopped using them a few decades ago

People in Hull: "Why have you painted your white phone boxes red and put royal crowns on top of them?"

They WOT?!

Anyone else remember the BT ChargeCards from the nineties? I always remember going to the red boxes and the phones inside being too old-fashioned. I'd dial 144 but could never get any further...

Is the mailbox safe?

telephone austerity. SAD.

Yeah that's a hard pass from me.

propa

Glad you said "one of" the biggest downgrades... because I'd argue your Monarchy and your geopolitical situation got heftier downgrades. Not much heftier than the telephones... but still.

In both cases, it's better to be an equal than to be a ruler!
- Both cases?