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Old 26-05-2007, 12:47 AM   #25 (permalink)
london cabbie
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Well Gags,sorry it didn't work out for you in australia but you really shouldn't condemn or insult people who are embarking on this life changing journey.Do you really think that people go to oz and think it is all bbq's and beaches and that they dont put in months/years of research?.Dont you also realize the heartache and trauma that people on this site suffer through leaving loved ones behind and saying goodbye to people they might never see again,taking huge risks not only with their own lives but those of their children?

Do you honestly think that people might go through all this do this just so they can have a few barbecue's and go swimming!! if you do then i am afraid sir that you are the naive one,quite a suprise really coming from someone who is degree educated and a world traveller like yourself.

Let me just try to explain briefly to you why people are leaving england in droves searching for something they hope is better for themselves and their children,life in england has changed dramatically over the past few years,people find themselves working 12/14 hours a day maybe more to survive and pay all the taxes that this goverment keeps inventing.There is very little quality of life here any more and people are just fed up with it,can you blame them?they have had enough of stealth taxes ,had enough of the NHS service,had enough of crime,violence,and had enough of paying for the freeloading economic migrants who are coming in such numbers that our whole fabric of society is threatened,councils cant cope its as simple as that ,in certain areas shools are in near meltdown as well as housing and we are supposed to just suffer it and pay up like good british citizens.

I drive around the london streets 12/14 hours a day 5/6 days a week,this great cultural metropolis with the royal opera house in all its splender and people sticking needles in their arm on the doorstep!,shaftsbury avenue the theatre center of london with people savagely fighting and sticking knives in each other in front of all the tourists who come here for a cultural experience.Tail gateing? you should drive down park lane mate ,gambling? only a matter of time before every major city has a super casino.Travelling time!it can take 2 hours sometimes to get from one side of london to the other to get to your favourite tapas bar!!

So yeah it might not be all plain sailing in oz but people are just looking for a different if not better way of life and dont forget not everybody is"young ambitious and cultured" like you!!.
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