Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
Jul 19th 2013, 4:06 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
I guess driving does drive some people round the bend. We need to put our foot on the brake and ease up before we hit a brick wall sometimes 
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Jul 19th 2013, 4:42 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
Perhaps you should re-phrase that to say "one thing that has disappeared from the South East of England (around London)."
There's a lot more to England than that one little crowded and unpleasant area - in which I have no idea why anyone chooses to live. The rest of us in most of England, all of Scotland, all of Wales and all of Ireland are perfectly courteous on the roads. In fact, that's been one of the true delights for me in being back here - people are SO kind and so polite when driving.
There's a lot more to England than that one little crowded and unpleasant area - in which I have no idea why anyone chooses to live. The rest of us in most of England, all of Scotland, all of Wales and all of Ireland are perfectly courteous on the roads. In fact, that's been one of the true delights for me in being back here - people are SO kind and so polite when driving.
I could post loads of links to road rage and rude drivers in Australia or America or Mongolia but we all know it exists everywhere, the joy of driving here is the incidence is far less than we are used to.
Jul 19th 2013, 5:47 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
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Jul 19th 2013, 8:08 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...o-grow-up.html
Might explain why so many people do choose to live in the south east. Many of them having left the rest of the UK. Such as myself, born very far north of Watford, spent most of my time in the UK in Kent.
Also
Lower unemployment,
higher salaries (also higher cost of living).
Closer to he Continent - when in UK I can shop and eat inNorthern France, as easily as north of London.
Longer daylight hours - except of course the sky is a uniform gray.
The most cosmopolitan city in Europe
Might explain why so many people do choose to live in the south east. Many of them having left the rest of the UK. Such as myself, born very far north of Watford, spent most of my time in the UK in Kent.
Also
Lower unemployment,
higher salaries (also higher cost of living).
Closer to he Continent - when in UK I can shop and eat inNorthern France, as easily as north of London.
Longer daylight hours - except of course the sky is a uniform gray.
The most cosmopolitan city in Europe
Jul 19th 2013, 8:21 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...o-grow-up.html
Might explain why so many people do choose to live in the south east. Many of them having left the rest of the UK. Such as myself, born very far north of Watford, spent most of my time in the UK in Kent.
Also
Lower unemployment,
higher salaries (also higher cost of living).
Closer to he Continent - when in UK I can shop and eat inNorthern France, as easily as north of London.
Longer daylight hours - except of course the sky is a uniform gray.
The most cosmopolitan city in Europe
Might explain why so many people do choose to live in the south east. Many of them having left the rest of the UK. Such as myself, born very far north of Watford, spent most of my time in the UK in Kent.
Also
Lower unemployment,
higher salaries (also higher cost of living).
Closer to he Continent - when in UK I can shop and eat inNorthern France, as easily as north of London.
Longer daylight hours - except of course the sky is a uniform gray.
The most cosmopolitan city in Europe
Jul 19th 2013, 8:39 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
Sile, sorry I did not know the Telegraph had started doing that.
If you can access the Telegraph it is today's column by Jeremy Warner about the comparative underperformance of many English cities
Interestingly thre is also a column by Ed Conway in The Times on the effect of the Help to Buy initiative on house prices - particularly in London.
If you cannot access them, I will try to copy them for you if you want and if the mods let me post them.
If you can access the Telegraph it is today's column by Jeremy Warner about the comparative underperformance of many English cities
Interestingly thre is also a column by Ed Conway in The Times on the effect of the Help to Buy initiative on house prices - particularly in London.
If you cannot access them, I will try to copy them for you if you want and if the mods let me post them.
Jul 19th 2013, 8:47 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
The link worked fine for me. I'm not aware of there being any free access limitations to UK IP addresses only with the Telegraph's online news content.
Jul 19th 2013, 3:07 pm
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Jul 19th 2013, 3:40 pm
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
It's not UK IP addresses specifically. The Telegraph is now subscription only although you can see one off articles. The Guardian is now the only free online broadsheet you can view online.
Jul 20th 2013, 2:25 am
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Jul 20th 2013, 2:39 am
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Re: Is the situation in the UK really that bad?
My family back in the UK often say how the economic situation over there is awful and there are no jobs, is the situation over there really that bleak? They also say how there's lots of unrest due to the immigration policy of this government. We really want to go home but would hate to take our kids back to a place where their prospects are poor to non existent and there's lots of unrest. My dad's a real doom and gloom merchant and I wonder if he's making things out to be worse than they really are
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
From about 2009 on wards I found it nearly impossible to find work and ended up being stuck in some part time minimum wage waste of time. Went to Canada for a year 2010-2011 and found full time work within weeks. Moved back to the UK in mid 2011 and the same story. Extreme lack of jobs and next to nothing skilled. Moved back to Canada in mid 2012 and found a skilled position paying more than I ever earned in the UK. Again in a matter of weeks. Of course that's just my experience.
Jul 20th 2013, 4:44 am
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Jul 20th 2013, 5:41 am
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Jul 20th 2013, 6:52 am
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Jul 20th 2013, 11:28 am
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A friend who has worked in mental health all his life retired five years ago. He still works two days a week to bring his salary up to what he was earning full time. From what he tells me his employers simply couldn't find anyone qualified enough to fill his position. He does complain about ward closures and the centralisation of services, but all in all his lot is a happy one.
Hope the link helps.