demelzadoe Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Two million British citizens have left the UK in a decade, the greatest exodus from this country in almost a century, new figures will show. According to figures compiled by Jay Winter, of Yale University, the last comparable exodus came between 1911 and 1914, when 2.4 million people left Britain. The other significant spike in emigration came in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when thousands of Britons left to start new lives in Australia, Canada and the United States. Opposition parties say that some emigrants have been driven out of Britain by its high levels of crime and taxation. ?This explosion in emigration is inevitably a reflection of the state of the country under a Labour government,? said David Davis, the shadow home secretary. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1990807/Two-million-Britons-emigrate-in-10-years.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 It's called - voting with your feet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Can you blame anyone for leaving GB to start a safer and better life?? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 The problem is that every place you go to is getting to be as bad as the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Suspect the problem is global and has more to do with the lack of a moral compass in societies, than the fickle and incompetant actions of Governments. The malaise is largely cultural, currently being pandered to by PC politicians who can't see beyond their liberal dogmas or the next election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 In my opinion Observer - people said that 60 yrs ago and 100 yrs ago and so on and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Wisdom isn't confined to any particular point in history, it's largely ignored by contempories and unlearned by subsequent generations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Of course, for some the grass is always greener....until they actually get there. Many places abroad seem great during a two week holiday there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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