"Why England is Rotting"
 

England leads Europe in illiteracy, obesity, divorce, drug use, crime and STDs. Bloody hell...

Article from Macleans Magazine:

http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?c..._106150_106150


Not lived in the UK for years - can't be as bad as all this :ohmy:?

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Presumably the drug use and STDs go some way toward offseting that awful obesity.

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It really is that bad now, certainly in a lot of areas (I won't say everywhere, I know some people lived in areas that were much nicer). That's why we left last year, we couldn't stand the idea of raising children there.

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We live in Hull an it always seems to be the top in all of the surveys , top teenage pregnancy rate, top obesity, lowest grades at school so on so on!!! We dernt let our kids out to play, there was a 14 yearold kicked to death at the top of our street 6 months ago and we live in a so called nice area!!
my husband said he carn't wait to board that plane and when his canadian passport comes he is going to have a special bonfire in the garden with his british passport in top!!!!!

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We are in Glasgow and its just as bad here. as my brother would say put all the drug dealers rapists and the likes in a boat and blow them up.But then again we dont mince our words.

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Presume nothing my friend - we have some pretty chunky crack whores round our way.

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:thumbsup: Aids will sort that lot out then:thumbsup:

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fingers crossed;)

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It's not that bad...quite nice down here in Surrey actually.

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Oh, I should add that they are probably divorced & illiterate too - that's the full set! Not to worry though, I'm sure they'll be given an ASBO or something really intimidating..:curse:

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It wouldn't suprise me if Surrey's hookers commute to Essex - it's not that far and business seems to be booming here:D

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England's rotting, eh?

Must be the damp.:cool:

Simon:cool:

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I've already commented upon this on another thread but here's my twopenny worth all the same.

The article questions facts that contradicts its viewpoint but then states it's own views as undeniable fact. Just another selective agrument from the types that normally write for the Daily Mail. There is much good about the UK, it's not perfect and not without its fair share of problems. I just find it a shame that articles such as this only focus on the negative and seemingly imagine that other countries have discovered utopia. You could write similarly negative articles about any other country in the world.

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I agree totally. I happen to like the UK, will miss it and actally plan to come back- of course it has some problems - but where doesn't?

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Here. No obesity on this corner in Toronto. The ugly tranny weighs about eight stone, despite being six feet tall (6' 6" in heels). The beggars working the cars at the traffic lights are mostly on meth, they don't eat because they have no teeth, and that keeps them looking trim.