BREXIT - Is This Really Still Rumbling On? 😴
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I know - even on this thread here we've had some people think it's so bad here they wanted to make some very fundamental changes. Why do they hate this country so much?Stevo_666 said:
Sounds like a poll is in order, you should get a lot of helpful suggestionsrick_chasey said:So various people have pondered why I live in the UK when I clearly have no time for it, and broadly it's been because my wife is English and wants to stay.
Anyway, she's genuinely wavering about wanting to stay here. Seems the straw that is breaking all of this is the state of schools and a general culture that disadvantages the young and children.
Currently going through the various options with her in terms of where to move to.
Although to be fair, based on the comments in a lot of threads on this forum you shouldn't be the only one thinking about it...0 -
Well, Austria has.TheBigBean said:
That's fine, but most (?) countries have mountain sports, so why Switzerland? Better mountains?ddraver said:well...Mountain sports is a rather big tick in the column for me, though I accept that a Ski Resort tells you very little about the reality of the rest of the country. (Though having my ACL put back together in Bern was a rather pleasurable experience all things considered)
And we know Chasey is a useful climber
The problem with France, Italy and...I suppose Germany...is that, like Cornwall, the areas with mountain sports tend not to be hives of economic activity. Although the amount of time the tour spends in drab valley floors suggests they can be better at it than us.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Geology in Calgary is your calling then.ddraver said:
Well, Austria has.TheBigBean said:
That's fine, but most (?) countries have mountain sports, so why Switzerland? Better mountains?ddraver said:well...Mountain sports is a rather big tick in the column for me, though I accept that a Ski Resort tells you very little about the reality of the rest of the country. (Though having my ACL put back together in Bern was a rather pleasurable experience all things considered)
And we know Chasey is a useful climber
The problem with France, Italy and...I suppose Germany...is that, like Cornwall, the areas with mountain sports tend not to be hives of economic activity. Although the amount of time the tour spends in drab valley floors suggests they can be better at it than us.0 -
Probably Stockholm Syndromerick_chasey said:
She is the influence on me not the other way around.surrey_commuter said:
sounds like you have broken her. If only we could reach out directly we could stage an intervention and save herrick_chasey said:So various people have pondered why I live in the UK when I clearly have no time for it, and broadly it's been because my wife is English and wants to stay.
Anyway, she's genuinely wavering about wanting to stay here. Seems the straw that is breaking all of this is the state of schools and a general culture that disadvantages the young and children.
Currently going through the various options with her in terms of where to move to.
In your line of work wouldn't you be better off going to NYC?0 -
Have been there and done that - I do not want to puts roots down there, nor do I want my daughter growing up in the US.surrey_commuter said:
Probably Stockholm Syndromerick_chasey said:
She is the influence on me not the other way around.surrey_commuter said:
sounds like you have broken her. If only we could reach out directly we could stage an intervention and save herrick_chasey said:So various people have pondered why I live in the UK when I clearly have no time for it, and broadly it's been because my wife is English and wants to stay.
Anyway, she's genuinely wavering about wanting to stay here. Seems the straw that is breaking all of this is the state of schools and a general culture that disadvantages the young and children.
Currently going through the various options with her in terms of where to move to.
In your line of work wouldn't you be better off going to NYC?0 -
So now we have to decide who to trust - EU or UK Government.. .
hmm...
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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My money is not on the journalist.ddraver said:So now we have to decide who to trust - EU or UK Government.. .
hmm...0 -
Lol, further confirmation NI is for the chop- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Singapore? Or New Zealand has a growing financial sector I believe and they speak a sort of version of English. Europe presumably Frankfurt is the best option?rick_chasey said:
Have been there and done that - I do not want to puts roots down there, nor do I want my daughter growing up in the US.surrey_commuter said:
Probably Stockholm Syndromerick_chasey said:
She is the influence on me not the other way around.surrey_commuter said:
sounds like you have broken her. If only we could reach out directly we could stage an intervention and save herrick_chasey said:So various people have pondered why I live in the UK when I clearly have no time for it, and broadly it's been because my wife is English and wants to stay.
Anyway, she's genuinely wavering about wanting to stay here. Seems the straw that is breaking all of this is the state of schools and a general culture that disadvantages the young and children.
Currently going through the various options with her in terms of where to move to.
In your line of work wouldn't you be better off going to NYC?0 -
The main problem with NZ is time and distance.
The main positive for NZ is distance and time. 😉
I'd be there now if I could get the wife to leave the grand children.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Here's the answer which the journalist could have read and explained.TheBigBean said:
My money is not on the journalist.ddraver said:So now we have to decide who to trust - EU or UK Government.. .
hmm...
https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/05/14/trade-off-different-ways-of-measuring-imports-and-exports/0 -
Yeah, I'd have gone to NZ years ago if not for pesky things like families (Canada was another option).pblakeney said:The main problem with NZ is time and distance.
The main positive for NZ is distance and time. 😉
I'd be there now if I could get the wife to leave the grand children.0 -
David no-one-could-have-predicted-that-the-NI-protocol-would-be-problematic Frost must either be stupid, or think that everyone else is.But it was when Labour’s Graham Stringer asked about the Northern Ireland protocol that Frost began to unravel. It had been obvious from the start the UK had only been pretending to apply EU law in Northern Ireland as a matter of political convenience and what the EU had done was to deliberately misinterpret this as if we were signing an international treaty in good faith. We had imagined that the EU would look on the protocol as mere window dressing and would take a pragmatic view of us ignoring the rules.
It should have been obvious we had not intention of sticking to the letter of the law, Frost continued. Not least because Boris Johnson was the UK prime minister and if there was one thing on which you could rely with Boris was that he never kept his promises and would seek to bend the regulations. So Frost and his negotiating team had been totally taken aback to discover that the EU were treating Johnson as a man of his word and were expecting the UK to keep to the terms of the protocol. It was all a bit bumpy right now, Frost conceded, but no one could possibly have imagined that events would pan out as they had.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/22/they-might-have-got-more-brexit-sense-out-of-frosty-the-snowman0 -
We almost did it, but turned down a job as it was just after the first was born and couldn't take him away from the inlaws as their only grandchild.pblakeney said:The main problem with NZ is time and distance.
The main positive for NZ is distance and time. 😉
I'd be there now if I could get the wife to leave the grand children.0 -
I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
Obviously a very personal subjective thing, so genuinely asking rather than rhetorically.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Might be as messed up, but they've got whales, dusky, dolphins, penguins, a better cricket and rugby team and no Covid.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
It's also just expanding your horizons and getting new experiences, doesn't necessarily have to be better.0 -
The most common reason is cheaper/bigger housing, essentially more space. Weather also.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
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A feeling things are at least moving in the right direction...rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
Obviously a very personal subjective thing, so genuinely asking rather than rhetorically.We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I'm discounting NZ as too far away. If the move is to overcome some disadvantage, then it's not really about new experiences.elbowloh said:
Might be as messed up, but they've got whales, dusky, dolphins, penguins, a better cricket and rugby team and no Covid.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
It's also just expanding your horizons and getting new experiences, doesn't necessarily have to be better.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
I don't get the weather thing. The same weather for more than a week feels monotonous to me, so GB is perfect. Bigger houses I can't argue with. I'm working on a big house refurb at the moment and realised that the open plan kitchen diner is the same size as the minimum floor area for a 2-bed/3-person flat.TheBigBean said:
The most common reason is cheaper/bigger housing, essentially more space. Weather also.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I think there are signs of the tide turning on that front.ddraver said:
A feeling things are at least moving in the right direction...rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
Obviously a very personal subjective thing, so genuinely asking rather than rhetorically.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
No Boris in NZ, no Brexit in NZ?rjsterry said:
I'm discounting NZ as too far away. If the move is to overcome some disadvantage, then it's not really about new experiences.elbowloh said:
Might be as messed up, but they've got whales, dusky, dolphins, penguins, a better cricket and rugby team and no Covid.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
It's also just expanding your horizons and getting new experiences, doesn't necessarily have to be better.0 -
He won't be around for long.elbowloh said:
No Boris in NZ, no Brexit in NZ?rjsterry said:
I'm discounting NZ as too far away. If the move is to overcome some disadvantage, then it's not really about new experiences.elbowloh said:
Might be as messed up, but they've got whales, dusky, dolphins, penguins, a better cricket and rugby team and no Covid.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
It's also just expanding your horizons and getting new experiences, doesn't necessarily have to be better.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Everyone is different. Personally, I don't like big houses as it creates sparsely populated towns where everyone drives everywhere. I understand that appeals to some in same way hot weather does to others.rjsterry said:
I don't get the weather thing. The same weather for more than a week feels monotonous to me, so GB is perfect. Bigger houses I can't argue with. I'm working on a big house refurb at the moment and realised that the open plan kitchen diner is the same size as the minimum floor area for a 2-bed/3-person flat.TheBigBean said:
The most common reason is cheaper/bigger housing, essentially more space. Weather also.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
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Football metaphors will pass me by, I'm afraid. The current nonsense is unsustainable, so it will end.ddraver said:The same way you feel when the England football team goes 1 - 0 up in the first 15 mi....oh
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
He's been Mayor of London, various government roles and now PM. He's been around a bloody long time. Far too long.rjsterry said:
He won't be around for long.elbowloh said:
No Boris in NZ, no Brexit in NZ?rjsterry said:
I'm discounting NZ as too far away. If the move is to overcome some disadvantage, then it's not really about new experiences.elbowloh said:
Might be as messed up, but they've got whales, dusky, dolphins, penguins, a better cricket and rugby team and no Covid.rjsterry said:I'm still not clear what is bad enough to leave the UK, that isn't just differently messed up elsewhere.
It's also just expanding your horizons and getting new experiences, doesn't necessarily have to be better.0
