"Why England is Rotting"
Jun 8th 2007 | 11:26 pm
#31
frothing loon mk 2
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 204
From: smokeatoks
Re: "Why England is Rotting"
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
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
, to stay with my father in law while we wait for the last stages of our Canadian application to take it's course 
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
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
, to stay with my father in law while we wait for the last stages of our Canadian application to take it's course
Jun 9th 2007 | 2:37 am
#32
Mr McGoo
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 171
From: Wiltshire, Switzerland, Reading, Snug Cove BC - all in one year!
Re: "Why England is Rotting"
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.
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.
Jun 9th 2007 | 7:17 pm
#33
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 882
From: Off moaning somewhere...
Re: "Why England is Rotting"
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.
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.
The Daily Mail IS a joke and so are its readers.
I don't care if I offended someone with that statement.
If you read the Daily Mail and accept what it says as gospel, then please: stay away from Canada...
...and no. I'm not joking.
Jun 9th 2007 | 7:50 pm
#34
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Re: "Why England is Rotting"
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!!!!!
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!!!!!
Jun 9th 2007 | 7:54 pm
#35
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Re: "Why England is Rotting"
It generally has a big scary headline which puts my Mum on red alert and then if you read the article it's something like "this could happen possibly at some unspecified future date say experts at the Adam Smith Institute".
Jun 10th 2007 | 5:43 am
#36
I'll have a double double
Joined: Apr 2007
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Re: "Why England is Rotting"
rgds,
John
Jun 10th 2007 | 5:47 am
#37
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