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Two million Britons emigrate in 10 years By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent Last Updated: 12:59AM BST 20/05/2008 Two million British citizens have left the UK in a decade, the greatest exodus from this country in almost a century, new figures will show. Some historians say the departure of two million Britons in a decade is almost unparalleled in the country's history The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will release figures showing that more than 200,000 Britons emigrated during 2006. That will take the total number who left the country between 1997 and 2006 to 1.97 million. Another 1.58 million foreign...

WHEN Brian Willott moved to these central Brazilian plains to fulfill his dream of farming, there was much to remind him of the home he left in the American heartland. The sign at the end of a dirt lane proclaimed his rented land "Fazenda Kansas," Portuguese for "Kansas Farm." The flat fields stretching to the horizon teemed with cotton and soybeans. Billboards boasted familiar names such as Cargill, Monsanto and John Deere. But the going hasn't been as smooth as the level terrain. U.S. farmers have been the targets of squatters, thieves and scammers. Willott has discovered that slave labor...

AMSTERDAM — About 20,000 Dutch people have serious plans to emigrate permanently, demographic research institute NIDI said on Wednesday. In general, those with serious plans to emigrate have at least a diploma from upper secondary vocational education (MBO) and are aged between 35 and 44. They often earn a good income. "Just" 2 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 or older is thinking of emigrating in the future, while about one in 10 of this group has serious plans. This means, from an adult population of 13.2 million, some 250,000 are thinking of emigrating and about 20,000 have serious...

“Man and Woman”, “Wife”, “Husband”, “Widow”, “Widower” Banished From all Ontario Law Terms, when referring to spouses, are banned from all government programs, services, documentsToronto, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the obscenely rapid, three-day introduction and passage of its same-sex “marriage” Bill 171, the Ontario government has advanced a revolutionary change in the way all laws and government programs and institutions refer to marriage and married persons. Everything referring to spouses must now be gender neutral. No longer can a married couple be referred to as “husband and wife” or “man and woman”. The terms “Widow” and “widower” are...

With the liberals in a depressed mess over losing AGAIN and the Canadian immigration websites hits triple than normal along with Hollywierd threatening to leave the country if Bush won again gave me an idea. Why not start up a fund-raising organization to help liberals who want to leave? It's called the "Send A Liberal Overseas" program. They get their choice of a one way ticket to exciting utopian vacation destination hotspots such as Cuba, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran and so much more! Once there they will get to see racism, intolerance, hatred, pessism and fatalism, environmental destruction, torture,...

i'm disappointed there are no takers at this website yet to leave the country, but it's early yet. the angst seems to be a bit quieter today. i wonder if leftists are settling down into a modified, long-term funk. i wonder if they will regroup with a revamped philosophy that is more appealing to mainstream america. i doubt it and i hope not.