Originally Posted by Sorbz62

Right - here goes ..........

1. Things which break: In UK everything breaks - telephones, cars, washing machines, internet links etc - and when you phone up to rectify the problem, you get put through to call centre in Goa, or Bombay where the idiots on the other end only speak enough English to answer the most basic of questions. It is cr*p and getting cra*per (see what I did there lol!) Nobody seems to give a sh*t here.

2. Telephone Providers: Vastly overpriced, particularly Mobile roaming, and they also have these damn call centres ..."Yis, vot zeems to be ze proobleem, sahib..."

3. UK Health Service: is now completely swamped with immigrants coming to the UK for free medical treatment. A friend of mine returned from Iraq where he had been injured and was put in a ward of Iraqis and Afghans and was verbally abused for "killing their fellow muslims". Another friend, also military, has just had a minor heart op and was left in a cold corridor straight after his op at St Thomas's in London, because all the beds were taken by Poles and Russians. He also said the hospital was suffering from underfunding in that it was absolutely disgusting and seemed like a 3rd world hospital to him. Dreadful

4. OK, let's talk about job prospects here. The aforementioned immigration pattern (which is going to be worsened by Romania nd Bulgaria entering the EU) has made the prospect of working class Brits having to work for much less, because the immigrants work for far less. This is now a major issue in the UK and I can see there being some kind of violent backlash soon.

5. Traffic: The situation here is absolutely awful - wherever you go, day or night, the roads are blocked by ignorant, unaware tw*ts (insert whatever vowel you want) who only want to get from A to B as quick as possible. The Government is planning on introducing a chrage for road usage to cut down on traffic, but at about £1 per mile !!!!!!! holy f**k!! The alternative is an antiquated, unsafe railway network which costs a fortune and is never on time ....AND you get mugged on them by those who don't pay and smoke crack in the bogs.

Right, here's some of my own.

Education: Why must my kids learn Pashtu because there are some Afghan kids in their class? Why does University Education ensure that students have to work for 10 years thereafter just to pay off their student loan.

House Prices: Impossible for Uni leavers to buy a house. Council Tax is costing more and more and used for what? They are also planning on taking individuals to court if they put the wrong rubbish in their bins !!!

Crime: Getting worse and worse - completely caused by the Police being handicapped with legislation and Political Correctness. They cannot do their jobs properly and the Criminals they do catch get off because "the naught policeman shouted at me". Prisons are so over crowded that they are letting some out early!! From their warm prison cells with TV and duvets.

I've had enough now, so before you drag your snivelling little butt back to UK, stop whingeing and enjoy what you've got.... because it's much better than over here in this dreary little, multi-culti, sinking island, which used to be Great.

Apart from that, have a nice day hahaha!
J.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

Right - here goes ..........


3. UK Health Service: is now completely swamped with immigrants coming to the UK for free medical treatment. A friend of mine returned from Iraq where he had been injured and was put in a ward of Iraqis and Afghans and was verbally abused for "killing their fellow muslims". Another friend, also military, has just had a minor heart op and was left in a cold corridor straight after his op at St Thomas's in London, because all the beds were taken by Poles and Russians. He also said the hospital was suffering from underfunding in that it was absolutely disgusting and seemed like a 3rd world hospital to him. Dreadful

4. OK, let's talk about job prospects here. The aforementioned immigration pattern (which is going to be worsened by Romania nd Bulgaria entering the EU) has made the prospect of working class Brits having to work for much less, because the immigrants work for far less. This is now a major issue in the UK and I can see there being some kind of violent backlash soon.


I've had enough now, so before you drag your snivelling little butt back to UK, stop whingeing and enjoy what you've got.... because it's much better than over here in this dreary little, multi-culti, sinking island, which used to be Great.

Apart from that, have a nice day hahaha!
J.

Originally Posted by wheatsheaf42

Ironic you have a German wife. I guess that makes her an immigrant to the UK. Dreadful isn't it, this immigration- unless it suits us personally.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

You mean from a country (Germany) where everyone pays taxes, where you only get unemployment benefits for a short period and don't if they offer you a job and you refuse. Where the police have greater powers and the judicial system is efficient. No, I am not against immigration per se, you are misinterpreting me, I am against the influx of migrant workers to UK, a country without any visible immigration policy and with free social security benefits to all and sundry, paid for by the Taxpayer, ie everyone else. The UK is too small to be able to accommodate everyone who wants to enter it and all I'm saying is that we are in danger of collapsing inwards on ourselves.

Thanks for reading my other message by the way!! What's your advice?

J.

Originally Posted by wheatsheaf42

I wouldn't presume to give anyone advice about Canada as I have never been, though it seems from all the evidence it is a fantastic country to visit. But like anywhere, and from reading the posts in places like this, immigrants may be treated as second class citizens when it comes to employment. And as you and your wife will be effectively immigrants you might not get the utopia you want.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

I've had enough now, so before you drag your snivelling little butt back to UK, stop whingeing and enjoy what you've got.... because it's much better than over here in this dreary little, multi-culti, sinking island, which used to be Great.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

Yeah - you're probably right (sigh!) but I'll give it a go and see what happens!
I love the UK but it just seems to be falling apart.
J.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

Right - here goes ..........

1. Things which break: In UK everything breaks - telephones, cars, washing machines, internet links etc - and when you phone up to rectify the problem, you get put through to call centre in Goa, or Bombay where the idiots on the other end only speak enough English to answer the most basic of questions. It is cr*p and getting cra*per (see what I did there lol!) Nobody seems to give a sh*t here.

2. Telephone Providers: Vastly overpriced, particularly Mobile roaming, and they also have these damn call centres ..."Yis, vot zeems to be ze proobleem, sahib..."

3. UK Health Service: is now completely swamped with immigrants coming to the UK for free medical treatment. A friend of mine returned from Iraq where he had been injured and was put in a ward of Iraqis and Afghans and was verbally abused for "killing their fellow muslims". Another friend, also military, has just had a minor heart op and was left in a cold corridor straight after his op at St Thomas's in London, because all the beds were taken by Poles and Russians. He also said the hospital was suffering from underfunding in that it was absolutely disgusting and seemed like a 3rd world hospital to him. Dreadful

4. OK, let's talk about job prospects here. The aforementioned immigration pattern (which is going to be worsened by Romania nd Bulgaria entering the EU) has made the prospect of working class Brits having to work for much less, because the immigrants work for far less. This is now a major issue in the UK and I can see there being some kind of violent backlash soon.

5. Traffic: The situation here is absolutely awful - wherever you go, day or night, the roads are blocked by ignorant, unaware tw*ts (insert whatever vowel you want) who only want to get from A to B as quick as possible. The Government is planning on introducing a chrage for road usage to cut down on traffic, but at about £1 per mile !!!!!!! holy f**k!! The alternative is an antiquated, unsafe railway network which costs a fortune and is never on time ....AND you get mugged on them by those who don't pay and smoke crack in the bogs.

Right, here's some of my own.

Education: Why must my kids learn Pashtu because there are some Afghan kids in their class? Why does University Education ensure that students have to work for 10 years thereafter just to pay off their student loan.

House Prices: Impossible for Uni leavers to buy a house. Council Tax is costing more and more and used for what? They are also planning on taking individuals to court if they put the wrong rubbish in their bins !!!

Crime: Getting worse and worse - completely caused by the Police being handicapped with legislation and Political Correctness. They cannot do their jobs properly and the Criminals they do catch get off because "the naught policeman shouted at me". Prisons are so over crowded that they are letting some out early!! From their warm prison cells with TV and duvets.

I've had enough now, so before you drag your snivelling little butt back to UK, stop whingeing and enjoy what you've got.... because it's much better than over here in this dreary little, multi-culti, sinking island, which used to be Great.

Apart from that, have a nice day hahaha!
J.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

2. Telephone Providers: Vastly overpriced, particularly Mobile roaming, and they also have these damn call centres ..."Yis, vot zeems to be ze proobleem, sahib..."

Originally Posted by Vick

My Mrs and I are going back to UK but thought I would pose this question anyway.


How does Canada work the way it does and not disintegrate into a 3rd world country?

The following things have happened to me since I got here, and I have only been here 5 months.

And I will just mention the cloak and dagger secret society - unions, you have to have shared the same womb with someone, before anyone will give you a decent job if you are not Canadian. How come the half decent jobs never go to an immigrant, but all the jobs that require you to say "Is that for here or to go?" welcome immigrants with open arms?

Why are the Canadian government and the TV stations saying that they are desperate for well educated, skilled workers when the actual companies are ignoring them?

You ask about getting a 6CD auto changer for your car and the technician look at you like you have just asked to be transported to the Star ship Enterprise. They respond " we don't do them here, they are in the future". My God!


Traffic - oh yes lets talk about that little one. 3 or 4 roundabouts in Kitchener/Waterloo. Having come from the UK, I felt confident about using them. Until I realised that Canadians do not know any of their own rules of the road. The main 1 being what an upside down triangle is. It's not hard, it is the same in every country GIVE WAY! Now I approach any roundabout here like I was trying to drive a double decker bus painted with the Union Jack flag on it round the Arc de Triomphe with a big sign saying "Up your's Frenchies". :scared: Going round a roundabout here is like sticking your penis in a lion's mouth and then flicking his love spuds with a wet towel.

Canadian traffic surveys found that roundabouts cut emissions, reduce congestion etc but they still slap traffic lights on every 3rd metre of road. No wonder it takes 4 hours to get to the local shops.

Why do pedestrians keep getting run over? Well lets see. In most civilised countries if a pedestrian is crossing the road then no other traffic will be. You wait for the little man telling you to walk and you calmly step out. Here, you get told to walk into the road when traffic can have a green light. To coin a phrase - "It's just an accident waiting to happen".

Right, rant over. I'm out of breath. Just waiting for all the arguments coming back. I know what's wrong with the UK so I am formulating a plan to fix it when I get back:

Oh , hang on, I think I have just listed the election manifesto of the BNP!

Right, you can call me all you want.

"Come and have a go if you think you're 'ard enough"

P.S. Can someone create a Canadian national identity and culture so that they don't have to use the American ones. Oh my God. Please.

Originally Posted by kt0157

Have you ever heard anyone ever say "sahib" to you on the phone? Or does all your knowledge of Indians come from It Ain't Half Hot Mum? They don't actually wear turbans with snake belts, you know.



You forgot the free houses and Porsches. And free money. And Tesco's trainers. You're well behind the times.



Complain to the MOD about treating soldiers in non-military hospitals.



Tsk. These Slav untermensch just don't know their place, do they?



Good.



That would be you, me, and everyone else then?



You should read the Daily Mail a bit less and think a bit more. The £1/mile figure is the highest rate, not the average. Quoting the highest as the single price is like saying all cars cost more than £250,000 because that's what a modern supercar costs.



Do they really? Or did you hear this from the same man in the pub that told you about free houses, cars, and NHS treatment?



Because students pay for University now. And they pay because there are so many more than there used to be (about 1000% more) it isn't possible to have free higher education. You and your Daily Mail ilk would be the first to complain about taxpayers paying (especially if some of the students weren't white and born in the UK to white parents born in the UK).



That will soon correct itself.



Mr. Brown and Mr. Blair promised not to put up income tax, so they had to find all kinds of other places to get the money. Council Tax was convenient because the council gets the blame for the rises. Don't vote for them next time.



You don't know Canada very well, do you?

K.

Originally Posted by Sorbz62

I was also a Traffic Policeman for many years and feel that I may comment on issues such as the road system and NHS hospitals, having seen behind the scenes whan called to them to deal with despicable acts of violence and drug abuse.

Originally Posted by kt0157

You should read the Daily Mail a bit less and think a bit more. The £1/mile figure is the highest rate, not the average. Quoting the highest as the single price is like saying all cars cost more than £250,000 because that's what a modern supercar costs.









K.

Originally Posted by kt0157

Hang on a minute. Ex-policeman, neo-nazi views on Poles. You weren't on Panorama, were you?

K.

Originally Posted by printer

This was obviously very poorly reported as i cannot see that there will be a blanket charge of £1.50 for every mile on every road but that is how it sounded from the radio report.