“”I know there are people here who are unhappy - then they go overseas, and then come back ....””
Yes same with the U.K. One in three people return. This year a friend of mine moved to Australia....then returned 6 months later becuase Australia wasn’t what she though and she didn’t like it.
Most of the people leaving Britain them simply go to France or Spain or elsewhere because they can sell their British houses at very high prices and buy one for a fraction of the cost abroad and live better......the same reason hundreds of thousands of Americans retire to Mexico, so they can live cheaper and more well off.
And as I have said, the British (living on a small island) have always been movers and migrants seeking out what is on the other side of the ocean. That’s how the Empire began. It’s in our nature to move and explore. It’s no different to what Brits have been doing for centuries. It’s no NEW news. We’ve been moving abroad in our hundreds of thousands for hundreds of years.
“”we may not be the best in some areas but why is it the whole world wants to come here ... our illegal border crossers now number over 12 million ...””
I could say the same here. It seems that everybody and his dog is trying to get into Britain so we can’t be that bad. I live in a lovely, peaceful part of the country with little crime, little multi culturalism (which you only really get in the big cities) and few problems in general. This is the real England. The biggest problem I face is the high cost of housing. I don’t run the gauntlet of street gangs or muslim extremists everywhere.
Thanks for reading.
I just finished reading a history book on “The Battle of Brittan” Hugh Dowding was a genius ... wasn’t for him who knows what might have happened .... England was the aircraft carrier to Europe for our B17’s and your Lancaster’s ....
When asked by the Queen then to an American volunteer fighter pilot why he was there he answered “Because there always has to be a Brittan” ....
You’ve a great country there mate ....
Regards,
Jane
ps - keep misspelling Britain ....sorry but it seems my spell check didn’t pick it up ....