Originally Posted by mrmcgoo (Post 4892629)

Thanks John,
I did choose my words carefully because on subjects of race and nationality many people will jump down your throat very quickly with accusations of racism ... or Daily Mail readership :p

But the thing that appeals to me about Canada is that the majority are in effect foreigners so they all just have to get along.

I took a 3 month contract in Switzerland and they have recently relaxed their border controls under EU pressure. They are experiencing something similar - we had a bag stolen on the train as we got here - unheard of a few years OK but apparently very common on the trains now. And crime is on the rise here in general and it's nearly always attributed to foreigners.

Unfortunately we have to go back to Reading :o, to stay with my father in law while we wait for the last stages of our Canadian application to take it's course :unsure:

Originally Posted by mrmcgoo (Post 4893583)

Hi HamShank,
The Daily Mail remark was just a joke, and it doesn't imply that the Daily Mail is bigoted or racist, or that it's readers are. The 'joke' is that their readers are stereotyped as conservative leaning and fearful of change and that the paper itself is full of scare mongering stories - it is a joke, please don't take offense if you are a Daily Mail reader, I mentioned it because someone else referred to the Daily Mail earlier in the thread.

Originally Posted by walkerv05 (Post 4877099)

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!!!!!

Originally Posted by Mr Lee (Post 4895282)

Let's get something straight here.

The Daily Mail IS a joke and so are its readers.

Originally Posted by Mr Lee (Post 4895282)

Let's get something straight here.

The Daily Mail IS a joke and so are its readers.

I don't care if I offended someone with that statement.

Originally Posted by dozy_muppet03 (Post 4897228)

The daily mail remark was tongue in cheek Mr lee, I dont think your get any arguments here on your comment except maybe it's a tad better than the sun or star.


rgds,


John