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Petem95 27 January 2007 03:02 PM

UK Quality of Life slides....
 
36 reasons to say goodbye to Britain - and one to say bonjour to fabulous France | the Daily Mail

We are ranked no 37, behind countries like Panama, Bulgaria etc etc - like the article says its no wonder ever-increasing numbers are leaving the UK!

I wonder what position we'll slide to after the economy-built-on-debt collapses :(

Thanks again Labour - they've really a left a legacy :mad:

f1_fan 27 January 2007 03:22 PM

Good Lord what an orginal thread. The UK is falling apart and it's all NL's fault. Who'd have thought it? ;)

By the way is there a housing price crash due? :D :D :D

andythejock01wrx 27 January 2007 03:25 PM


Originally Posted by f1_fan (Post 6595899)
Good Lord what an orginal thread. The UK is falling apart and it's all NL's fault. Who'd have thought it? ;)

By the way is there a housing price crash due? :D :D :D

:thumb:

Petem95 27 January 2007 03:25 PM


Originally Posted by f1_fan (Post 6595899)
Good Lord what an orginal thread. The UK is falling apart and it's all NL's fault. Who'd have thought it? ;)

Yeah funny why there's lots of threads like this, can't think why... :Suspiciou


Originally Posted by f1_fan
By the way is there a housing price crash due? :D :D :D

No of course there isnt stupid! House prices will boom forever, didnt your local estate agent and mortgage lender teach you anything? ;)

j4ckos mate 27 January 2007 03:26 PM

it really pisses me of when peolple slag off england

working are you?

driving a very high performance car do you?

drink tap water where you live can you?

kids died of curable diesases recently?


mmmmm no thought not.

Petem95 27 January 2007 03:27 PM

Who is slagging it off Jacko's mate?

Brit_in_Japan 27 January 2007 03:28 PM

Such rankings are always a pretty crude measure of what's its like to live in those countries. The quality of life can vary hugely within even a single country. France rates as No. 1 yet and France has high unemployment rates and hundreds of thousands of young French have moved to the UK for work. What quality of life if you are unemployed in France?

Take with pinch of salt.

j4ckos mate 27 January 2007 03:30 PM

the daily mail
god i detest that paper

j4ckos mate 27 January 2007 03:34 PM

i think you get some right moaners moaners
the grass is always greener

Bat-Fink 27 January 2007 03:37 PM


Originally Posted by j4ckos mate (Post 6595923)
the daily mail
god i detest that paper

It's NSR's paper of choice.:thumb::p

Daily Mail-Providing NSR with it's stuck up views for many years.

:p

andythejock01wrx 27 January 2007 03:39 PM


Originally Posted by j4ckos mate (Post 6595912)
it really pisses me of when peolple slag off england


What on Earth is wrong with slagging off England ? :lol1: ;)

Chip 27 January 2007 03:41 PM

The truth hurts sometimes doesnt it!

Chip:)

andythejock01wrx 27 January 2007 03:42 PM


Originally Posted by j4ckos mate (Post 6595932)
i think you get some right moaners moaners
the grass is always greener


Must admit, I agree with this.

Have a (British) pal who has always slagged off the UK, saying his gf's country, Italy, was amuch better place to live. Now he happily slags off his new home - Italy !!

f1_fan 27 January 2007 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by Petem95 (Post 6595911)
Yeah funny why there's lots of threads like this, can't think why... :Suspiciou

Simply because people like you post them all the time, it must make you feel better or something. And to think you called me stupid :cuckoo: :D :D

pslewis 27 January 2007 04:32 PM

It's NL fault is it? :rolleyes:

THAT illustrates EXACTLY what is wrong with the UK .... NO-ONE wants to take responsibility for what happens to THEM!! :rolleyes:

Always looking for someone else to blame :rolleyes:

The report also states that the UK came out VERY high on economy and social freedoms .... the things that the Government IS responsible for!!

So, lets have LESS of these bashing NL threads - and get off your arse and do something for your bloody self!!

j4ckos mate 27 January 2007 04:50 PM

i just hate to hear people slaggin the place off .

like "a" or "b" or "c" is so much better place to live cos they drink wine with their meal or the cost of living is so much cheaper.



i laugh my head off at those "place in the sun" type people

who tell you the cost of living is so much better in tenerife etc - they neglect to mention its so much cheaper becuase of the lack of street lighting , or the paths that are built out of those tiny tiles, and the kerb stones are frequently missing.

its the same when you watch these older couples rebuild a wrecked barn in france with the aim to live in it.

have you tried gettin a builder round ere never mind in france!

could you be arsed with all that when your a couple of years of retirement, i couldnt thats for sure.


it has its bad bits thats for sure but i wouldnt want to go anywhere else thats for sure

Chip 27 January 2007 05:01 PM


Originally Posted by pslewis (Post 6596070)
It's NL fault is it? :rolleyes:

THAT illustrates EXACTLY what is wrong with the UK .... NO-ONE wants to take responsibility for what happens to THEM!! :rolleyes:

Exactly Pete. The trouble is these people are well looked after then by the state. If we were a lot harder on these lazy bastuds then they too would have to get up off their fat arses and get a job and contribute to society.

Chip

SlimJ_2005 27 January 2007 05:10 PM

Theres a program on during the week, about moving to Australia, 20 families over 4 weeks go and see what life will be like over there with their skills.

It makes me laugh how some of the families really want to go to Australia and work in one particular place such as Sydney (pick the most expensive city why don't you!!). Now the majority of people have never been there before and yet want to go and have a life there, surely they should spend a bit of time there before deciding to move over there for good?

pslewis 27 January 2007 05:37 PM

So many on here complain about NL taking money off them in taxes ... too much they say.

Then they demand better hospitals, better schools, better roads, better policing .... do they think it comes for FREE?? :rolleyes:

Then they moan if the Police stop them breaking the law by speeding - but demand more bobbys, more arrests, more jails, tougher sentencing :rolleyes:

Truth is, they refuse to get off their arses and improve their neighbourhoods, they refuse to pay more taxes to fund what they want ..... no, it's ALWAYS someone elses job, someone else fault, someone else to blame for their own failures in life.

They are PATHETIC - if you don't like the UK - FOOK OFF!! But, being the type of losers you are, you will STILL be here in 25 years time STILL moaning and still blaming someone else for your empty little life!! :rolleyes:

Janspeed 27 January 2007 05:42 PM

It is a problem affecting a lot of big economy countries that are being led by inept governments.......but I guess we are all to blame seeing they were elected by the people!!

Don't moan about the UK you should see some other countries in Europe, where I live I have to pay massive taxes, pay for hospitals, schools, highways, and the social security is down the drain.

Thank the EU, and these stupid politicians, but mostly like I said blame ourselves!

KiwiGTI 27 January 2007 06:04 PM

I pretty much agree with it and have travelled and lived in a few places.

Don't get the quality of life confused with the fact you have money, a performance car etc.

Chip 27 January 2007 06:06 PM


Originally Posted by pslewis (Post 6596223)
So many on here complain about NL taking money off them in taxes ... too much they say.

Then they demand better hospitals, better schools, better roads, better policing .... do they think it comes for FREE?? :rolleyes:

Yep our taxes are higher than ever before.

Yet we have 18000 fewer beds under Labour
Schools are falling apart
Roads. Not a penny spent in 10 years.
As for crime. Prisons full. Paedo's walking the streets with the Home secretarys blessing etc etc.

Chip

Ben v7 27 January 2007 06:34 PM

keep kidding yourselves you have it so good in England. :lol1:

I'm planning to emigrate within 2 years - have enough awareness to see that this country is rooting inside out. Quality of life is certainly higher elsewhere! I don't want to be around living in the aftermath of New Labours projects and gone wrong experiments thanks. In a globalised economy I am free to withdraw my labour and take it elsewhere!

England is not the be all and end all, the pinnacle of human civalisation, the country that get's it right I am afraid... Give it another 10-20 years tops and this place will be half way to hell - mark my words.

Time to find my own better life.

Janspeed 27 January 2007 06:39 PM

Make sure you take a inflatable raft and some good suncream cause, the world is gonna end!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

unclebuck 27 January 2007 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by Ben v7 (Post 6596439)
keep kidding yourselves you have it so good in England. :lol1:

Sad isn't it. People just cannot come to terms with the facts. Good I say - let them stew in their delusion that life in the UK is great. they've clearly never had an education. Just how New Labour likes it. :lol1:

I've had my eye on France for a while now. The quality of life and value for money there is amazingly good. It's good to see my opinion as backed up from another source by some empirical research.

As I'm sure I've said already, I am just waiting for the right property to appear (and there are many, many contenders) and I shall be off from the immigrant infested NL police state to live the dream.

And yes, I will shut the door behind me. ;)

Janspeed 27 January 2007 06:46 PM

Germany is quite good too, just the language can be a bit of a barrier......

Great value for money, organised and very hospitable ppl......

Deep Singh 27 January 2007 06:46 PM


Originally Posted by Ben v7 (Post 6596439)
keep kidding yourselves you have it so good in England. :lol1:

I'm planning to emigrate within 2 years - have enough awareness to see that this country is rooting inside out. Quality of life is certainly higher elsewhere! I don't want to be around living in the aftermath of New Labours projects and gone wrong experiments thanks. In a globalised economy I am free to withdraw my labour and take it elsewhere!

England is not the be all and end all, the pinnacle of human civalisation, the country that get's it right I am afraid... Give it another 10-20 years tops and this place will be half way to hell - mark my words.

Time to find my own better life.


Ben, where you going if you don't mind me asking?

gatty 27 January 2007 06:57 PM


Originally Posted by Ben v7 (Post 6596439)
keep kidding yourselves you have it so good in England. :lol1:

I'm planning to emigrate within 2 years - have enough awareness to see that this country is rooting inside out. Quality of life is certainly higher elsewhere! I don't want to be around living in the aftermath of New Labours projects and gone wrong experiments thanks. In a globalised economy I am free to withdraw my labour and take it elsewhere!

England is not the be all and end all, the pinnacle of human civalisation, the country that get's it right I am afraid... Give it another 10-20 years tops and this place will be half way to hell - mark my words.

Time to find my own better life.


quality thread there ben i would like to add some more to it but this thread might get vaped.

i agree with what you say though.

Janspeed 27 January 2007 06:59 PM

Things have to be said.

Views exchanged, otherwise things will never get better anywhere.

Being very critical does not help, and there might be some quite valid, and good opinions on this topic.

:thumb:

Shark Man 27 January 2007 07:03 PM

In some cases, the Grass IS greener.

That's a personal viewpoint from my own experience by the way :)


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