[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
Magarhe wrote:
I have only been here 2 years, but it took 6 weeks to realise this country is a mess, with whacky laws, bad customer service, lazy people.
I have never seen such lack of education, laziness, slack workers - in most sectors, except medicine, where the standards are high (but they work less than in Oz).
I never said anything bad about immigrants here (you confused someone else’s post at the end of mine) - the immigrants are holding this place together it seems. I know a lot of immigrants here and everyone agrees the british are mostly lazy and incompetant.
NOW don’t get me wrong, the british are very nice people. And at first it made me mad, but after 2 years fighting the ridiculous red tape in this place, I realise everyone has just given up. I can’t imagine what it would be like spending a lifetime here. I don’t know how they kept their spirits up.
But my point is this place needs a complete overhaul. Or a kick in the ass. Not the people, but the intangible mess that is the fabric of law.
It won’t happen.
The banking sector will further collapse, and will move offshore, leaving London as a quaint tourist attraction.
The pound will collapse further, and since nearly everything is imported ie food, cost of living will soar. Even more.
This place needs to be restructured. It won’t happen except by natural forces.
This is a bit extreme but for the most part a pretty fair assesment.[/quote]
Magarhe, in these two years that you have spent in England may i ask what made you come to these conclusions?
Yes the pound is struggling but is that not expected in these times?
As for lack of british exports, i know we dont export as much as we did but i think you would be suprised how much we still do, heres a few;
Football
Music
Medicine
Alcohol
litriture
Arts
Finance
Now laziness and slack workers? I can understand why you would think this but Britain clocks up some of the highest work hours in the EU and more than OZ…(though the study I read was from 2005).
Now the immigrants situation, though i agree they bring a lot to this country (the legal ones) but there is around 430,000 (known) Illegal immigrants here, so yes, some are helping to keep this place together but a lot arnt.
Pluss what makes you say our law is “whakey”?