I left 20 years ago, I checked on one of those friends re-united web sites and about 1/4 of the people i knew on it had left the UK as well.
The mother country is as sunk as the titanic.
I left after leaving the service and wanted the American dream, you know work hard etc now this place is looking nearly like the place where I left and there is only a handful back in England who wants to stay.
Many vets have left for Australia and Canada but mostly OZ and NZ as it’s hard for a hard working white Christian normal straight male to get into this country now.