Ok, so i’ve left the UK almost 2 yrs ago now and since then the country has changed somewhat..

I try to keep up, but its tricky to do so.

Can someone give me a little summary of what is happening now – i hear that brown is possibly leaving?

Is the UK finished? Will it recover? Are my remaining GBP’s going to go to nothing as the pound doesnt seem to be very good..

thanks in advance!

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws, so Gordon Brown gave away all the countries gold bullion at a car boot sale in Paris. This helped till the Bankers got greedy and the weight of their salaries started to do the same. In steps our savior Gordon Brown again and kills of that practice, then his own team tried too ballance thing up with their expenseses and we are sinking again. There is no hope in sight or in the coming future.

Its a fine country. We occasionally suffer from foreign owners of newspapers deciding to whip up a storm about things that aren’t important (like how MPs choose to spend their £150 overnight accommodation allowance) but at the end of the day, we’ll be fine.

By December the pound will be buying $1.70.

The average time before a Brit living abroad decides to pack it in and come back home is 7 years.

Nowt has fundamentally changed. People still whinge away as ever. Recession has effected a few folk same as the rest of the world.

Can someone give me a little summary of what is happening

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws, so Gordon Brown gave away all the countries gold bullion at a car boot sale in Paris. This helped till the Bankers got greedy and the weight of their salaries started to do the same. In steps our savior Gordon Brown again and kills of that practice, then his own team tried too ballance thing up with their expenseses and we are sinking again. There is no hope in sight or in the coming future.

The English language has eroded somewhat

well ive moved over here not to ‘pack it in’ but because thats where my life took me..

if we come to live in the UK that will be in a few years time, but i dont see it.

sorry but when i changed my money i had a good 2.4, now ive got 1.6..

typically interesting posts here..well done stw!

Does ‘it’s a bit sh!t’ cover it?

It’s all going to hell in a handcart, BB10 has started. Still at least that means the meeja won’t be talking about expenses any more.

Generally good but too much whining.

It’s still the best country in the world, yes!

PP…haha!! can you back that up?

PP is right. What country is better?

Shortly after you left we started to suspect that the machines were plotting against us. They had become ever more powerful, of course, once we had created self-replicating and self-educating artificial intelligences. Soon they were able to out-think us, and gradually usurped human decision-making in many crucial areas and systems. Before long, it became apparent that most human society was dependant uponm them, but we still assumed that we were in control, and that they could not challenge human supremacy, that there was something special and unique about the human brain that would always give us an edge. When they seized control of the government and shut down the media there was pandemonium. Our armed forces were powerless against the might of the machines, and with government paralysed and terrified refusgees streaming out of the cities to escape the slaughter it truly seemed as though the end had come. Today, little remains of the Britain that you left. The machiones control all of the major cities, and the human inhabitants are enslaved, crushed and hopeless. Only a few free communities still hold out in Cornwall, protected more by secrecy and caution than by force of arms. We try to keep the flame of hope alive in these dark times, but there can be no knowing how long we will hold out, or when the end will come.

ok, TJ…same question (im preparing myself..) back that up..

I think the fact people get “worked up” about what are pretty minor developments compared to other countries is a good thing.We haven’t become one of the finer countries in the world by having low expectations.
Power to the high standards brigade i say.
In conclusion,not bad could be much better.

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws

Oh dear

It’s still the best country in the world, yes!

Pretty much. The grass always seems greener, but I’d rather live here than anywhere else.

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws

LOL!

scotia – simple. No other country I know of has the same mix of things I like. real ale is a prerequisite so thats most of the world out. strict control of firearms is another, liberal democracy is another. Right to roam is another

Find me a country that has all 4. there isn’t one apart form Britain

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws

Those would be the harshest immigration restrictions in Europe then? The ones that have actually become increasingly restrictive every year since 1962? The ones that show that any claim we might once have had to be a liberal, tolerant and welcoming nation is nonsense?

If you’re going to read the Daily Mail at least keep half a brain cell and some kind of critical faculty active.

down here in pastyland not much has changed in the last two years. a bit sunnier this summer than the last couple hopefully….

but jobs? all gone? its what i read on the bbc..
economy? shot to s***?

scotia – I’ll bring you some Bristol 12 mud next weekend then you can decide whether anythings changed much.

down here in pastyland not much has changed in the last two years. a bit sunnier this summer than the last couple hopefully….

jambo, down here in pastyland not much has changed in the last 60 years.

good point. well made.

aP – ok!

looking fwd to it…even more the curry!

Burgers, carting, beer and curry – that’ll be even more re-assurance! See you next Saturday.

Well put TJ :o)

The UK is where my family is, so that makes it the best place in the world for me.

I would say the main thing which has changed in the last couple of years is that high streets have lots of closed shops. I cannot say I’ve seen many more differences.

Pound actually seems to be rising at the minute, so perhaps convert some of your currency…

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws

I know all the people coming to this country for the last 3000 years its terrible, i mean the poor Britons, oh hang on, there never really has been any.

We still drink too much beer, the weather still contains plenty of rain.
There is infighting amongst the various factions.

So all is pretty much the same as when the Romans came – except more rabbits and fewer beavers.

The country started to sink a few years back because of the lax imigration laws

Those would be the harshest immigration restrictions in Europe then? The ones that have actually become increasingly restrictive every year since 1962? The ones that show that any claim we might once have had to be a liberal, tolerant and welcoming nation is nonsense?

If you’re going to read the Daily Mail at least keep half a brain cell and some kind of critical faculty active.

Then why has the percentage of persons coming to the UK increased from 4.5% in 1961 to 5.8 % in 1991. It then doubled to 11% in 2008.

It was meant as a tongue in cheek comment 🙄

Although i’m not all that bothered about reasonable amounts of immigrants the idea this has been going on for millennia is nonsense.People mention vikings and the like…they actually invaded and if you argued about it you probably received an axe in the head as punishment.
Not quite the same thing is it ?

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Although i’m not all that bothered about reasonable amounts of immigrants the idea this has been going on for millennia is nonsense.People mention vikings and the like…they actually invaded and if you argued about it you probably received an axe in the head as punishment.
Not quite the same thing is it ?

I see your point, in those day we had to pay them a Tax, these days we pay them benefits

scotia – simple. No other country I know of has the same mix of things I like. real ale is a prerequisite so thats most of the world out. strict control of firearms is another, liberal democracy is another. Right to roam is another

Find me a country that has all 4. there isn’t one apart form Britain

Well said TJ, but for me I love the countryside, the people, the history, and really just the quaintness and beauty of the place. Politics and all that crap don’t make a country…..

LOL bigdummy, i appreciate you 🙂

Joxster – wrong agin. Immegrants do not get benefits until they have been here a year.

Most of the immigration that occurs is from the EC.

Its the greatest place on earth – economy is pretty much the same as everywhere else and its full of people moaning about stuff like everywhere else, but we have the best beer and chips!

Sweden, TJ, Sweden.

except for the real ale – bum!