Be careful. Liverpudlians don't take kindly to this kind of talk. Anytime anyone accuses them of self-pity, there are outraged cries of 'Why are you picking on us again?'
A little birdy told me the DJ who got hurt by the flying glasses did because he played the wrong music and the scousers objected to it! maybe they aren't sophisticated enough to like the music of britney spears?