Expats slagging on Britain

[Wheelsy]

Australia could be a wonderful country, but it is inhabited by braindead morons with no work ethic or culture

Oi get fucked! We have fucken TONS of kulcha!

(He says, while posting from work)

 

[Martyn]

It all depends on what is important to you. But overall Britain is one of the better countries to live. We have people risking their life to come and live here ffs!!

 

[aguero93:20]

It may be that we can compare the two (having lived in both), and find Britain lacking in so many areas.

You trawl this out regularly. I've lived in several countries, including Australia. Contextually things are different. When I lived in Denmark you had a brilliant welfare system and a trust in politicians to make the right decisions. But it is a lot easier when you are only dealing with circa 5 million people. Scandinavia is having problems with welfare in that the social rights have gone too far, but I would still say they are fantastic countries - although the weather is maybe where they lack unless you like it cold.

Australia similarly has a small population in a huge country. It has a high amount of mineral wealth (that it is selling off to overseas investors) and I find it funny how you can constantly claim it to be miles better than Britain despite the fact that it was the British that made it what it is. There is no history to Australia other than the Aboriginal who is left on the street with a box of wine. There is an ever increasing love of American culture, and the Australian teenager is perhaps the most cuntish person on the planet - with their love of everything gangster despite coming from wealthy suburbs. The weather is good generally, although heatwaves and flooding occur in parts. The animals can kill you (doesn't bother me, but some don't want to live in a place like that). You love Australia but I find it nonsense to slate Britain when the fact is Australia has grown from the implementation of British ideas on healthcare and general welfare but has not had the same population constraints that have tested the functions of those systems.

You like Australia more than Britain then well done. But the fact you are on Bluemoon day in day out and still follow Manchester City shows that culturally Australia hasn't fulfilled your needs and that you still rely on the British humour, sport and interests each and every day.

Been to Ireland mate?

 

[Chris in London]

My favourites are the types who claim they've left Britain "because of all the immigrants"; this was one I heard recently from someone who had moved to Barbados. I asked, "Well, what are you then?!".

Funny how when people come to this country, they're immigrants, but when Brits move abroad to work, they're 'ex-pats'.

My missus says there's too many immigrants coming into The UK, I remind her she is an immigrant, and that I was an immigrant when I lived in her country

Every country is founded on immigration, and every survey ever conducted shows that financially immigration is a net contributor to the UK economy.
So that's UKIP's one policy bubble burst.
I have read ex-UK ex-pats on here bemoaning immigrants coming into Australia, but I don't think they do irony.
Unless they mean 'those other immigrants who aren't me'.

they have more?

 

[wayne71]

It all depends on what is important to you. But overall Britain is one of the better countries to live. We have people risking their life to come and live here ffs!!

Of course it is, I don't see many people saying it isn't a fantastic place to live, in fact there seems to be more people moaning about moaning ex pats than moaning ex pats.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

My missus says there's too many immigrants coming into The UK, I remind her she is an immigrant, and that I was an immigrant when I lived in her country

Every country is founded on immigration, and every survey ever conducted shows that financially immigration is a net contributor to the UK economy.
So that's UKIP's one policy bubble burst.
I have read ex-UK ex-pats on here bemoaning immigrants coming into Australia, but I don't think they do irony.
Unless they mean 'those other immigrants who aren't me'.

they have more?

'We are not corrupt, unlike the big three hegemony, but only because nobody has been daft enough to elect us to Westminster yet'.
And, erm, that's about it.

 

[che_don_john]

My favourites are the types who claim they've left Britain "because of all the immigrants"; this was one I heard recently from someone who had moved to Barbados. I asked, "Well, what are you then?!".

Funny how when people come to this country, they're immigrants, but when Brits move abroad to work, they're 'ex-pats'.

My missus says there's too many immigrants coming into The UK, I remind her she is an immigrant, and that I was an immigrant when I lived in her country

Every country is founded on immigration, and every survey ever conducted shows that financially immigration is a net contributor to the UK economy.
So that's UKIP's one policy bubble burst.
I have read ex-UK ex-pats on here bemoaning immigrants coming into Australia, but I don't think they do irony.
Unless they mean 'those other immigrants who aren't me'.

I wouldn't deny that there some problems associated with immigration to the UK; the increased prevalence of religion is an issue that is often overlooked, and of course housing is another. But, as you rightly say, economics/finance isn't one of them! UK would die on its arse without immigration. Our universities would suffer, too, without foreign students (in fact, already there are problems due to the new strict student visa laws).

Also, to be fair to UKIP, I think their main policy, or raison d'etre, is EU bureaucracy and supranationalism (with immigration being a symptom). I'm neither a supporter nor an opponent, but just worth mentioning for sake of clarity.

 

[lastmanback]

Britain.
Do people when abroad , if asked, where you from,
would you ever answer britain.
Just curious.

 

[aguero93:20]

Britain.
Do people when abroad , if asked, where you from,
would you ever answer britain.
Just curious.

Nope. I'm from Ireland though.

 

[chrishull]

It all depends on what is important to you. But overall Britain is one of the better countries to live. We have people risking their life to come and live here ffs!!

Of course it is, I don't see many people saying it isn't a fantastic place to live, in fact there seems to be more people moaning about moaning ex pats than moaning ex pats.

If it's not people moaning about moaning ex pats, it's people moaning about people moaning about moaning ex pats!!