Re: Had enough of the UK

Re: Had enough of the UK

we are unhappy with the present situation, once out of the EU hopefully it will change and our country will become better then perhaps we won't want to move away.

Re: Had enough of the UK

I am a happy Brexiteer and I think myself very lucky ending up in a little hamlet in the shires that has changed very little over the years and I can't imagine living anywhere else.
Other countries have more 'extremes' of climate and landscape but I like moderation and predictability.


We seem to have turned into a country of grumblers with no guts or spirit who can't see the many good things this country has to offer .

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To be fair Meg I might not be a grumbler if I lived where you live, but, I can't afford to move there, the property here is very devalued

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The reasons I wish to leave have zero to do with Brexit.
I've had enough of our spineless PC Government and authorities.

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LQ if I had to live in cow shed I would, as long as I am in the countryside...

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Stick one in your garden for me and I'm moving in haha

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It is refreshing to read something from someone who doesn't just whinge but does something about it. Too much of the former and too little of the latter in forums.

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I am a surprise expat. I had no intention of living outside the UK. At 19 I came to Australia for a 2 year, £10 holiday and at the end of that time I happily returned to the UK and would probably still be there had I not taken a few years travelling and working through the Middle East and Asia and calling into Australia before returning to the UK.

It didn't take too long after returning to realise that Australia offered so much more. I wasn't at all discontented with the UK - I have always been well paid - I just realised that somewhere else was even better.

Now, after over 50 years, the UK is no less foreign to me than Italy or Belgium other than I have relatives living there and I understand what the natives are saying. It is just another wonderful place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there.

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As a sort of involuntary expat, it's interesting reading the comments above. My father was a Royal Navy officer who moved us to New Zealand (after Bermuda, New York and Singapore) when he was on loan to the RNZN. When the 3 years were up his choice was to sign on for a further time or opt out. He chose the latter. He loved the country, the beaches, the Maori and the lifestyle so we stayed and I finished my education here. I've been back 3 times over the last 60 years and always enjoyed my visit but I soon realised he was right. When we arrived in 1953 NZ was a very English oriented society but with out the 'class' differences. After retiring and working in the local museum for 10 years I realised that the vast majority of early settlers in the 1850-1900 era were in service in England. They were butlers, gardeners, cooks and cleaners. Very practical people. In times of war they volunteered to help Britain in the Boer war, the WW1 and then WW2. They were good at it and put up "the sharp end" of some bad decisions like Gallipoli. They suffered casualties heavily but always supported and referred to England as "Home". I felt really bad when Britain joined the EEC and the commonwealth lost it's preferential access to British markets. Times were hard while new markets were established and of course, reciprocal trade deals went and we no loner saw new British cars on the road. Machinery started to come from Asia and the USA. By about 1990 we were happy again and reasonably prosperous. All a bit sad to me.