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48% of Brits want to get out of the UK
The Sun ^ | April 15, 2012 | Tim Spanton

Posted on 04/15/2012 5:17:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

ALMOST half of all Britons are “seriously considering” moving overseas, an exclusive survey for The Sun has found.

Australia is top of the relocation wish list followed by the US, Canada and New Zealand.

The cost of living, weather, unemployment and crime are the most common reasons for wanting to quit Britain.

Pollsters YouGov quizzed 1,650 adults after The Sun told last week about Dave and Jackie Jones who emigrated to Australia with their 12 kids.

The family from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria — who have never claimed benefits — quit in despair at what they see as soft-touch Britain’s emphasis on state handouts instead of opportunities.

Dave, 42, said: “I have to do the best for my kids and I feel the opportunities I want for them will not be in the UK.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: canada; mexico; newzealand; unitedkingdom
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To: Aria
Found out in the last week that I have a sort of distant cousin who moved from England to Barcelona. Well, at least the weather is better.

So is the soccer team.

21 posted on 04/15/2012 6:07:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: skeeter

FWIW, I had a Brit coworker in Japan who got out for exactly that reason. He was no racist. His wife was a beautiful Filipino. Cute kids. But he saw Asia as the place to make a fresh start.


22 posted on 04/15/2012 6:13:05 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Paladin2

Naw,Obamacanstay inthe USA.There’s a very secure facility in Levenworth Kansas that would be perfect for him.


23 posted on 04/15/2012 6:16:07 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I have close relatives in England. One cousin has moved to Spain. Another cousin would love to leave. Last I heard he wanted to come to the U.S. On a related note, I wish I could leave this neighborhood that I live in. A couple of doors down we had a very nice North African probably from Eritrea just move out. He must have been renting because the house didn’t go up for sale. Just saw the new neighbors pull up behind me about 30 minutes ago. They appear and sound to be of the South of the border variety. Before pulling into their garage, they stopped and picked up a Toy Story Woody doll that my other neighbor’s little boy had left out. We told her and she had to go ask them for it back. You know damn well that if they would steal a worthless kids’ doll, they are going to be looking for bigger game.


24 posted on 04/15/2012 6:17:42 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Clintonfatigued

The sun has set on the empire.


25 posted on 04/15/2012 6:18:47 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY


26 posted on 04/15/2012 6:19:59 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Repub's paid as much attention to Rush Limbaugh as the Dem's do, we wouldn't be in this mess)
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To: Travis McGee

At least we should get some good soccer players out of the deal.


27 posted on 04/15/2012 6:20:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Clintonfatigued; GeronL; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican
ALMOST half of all Britons are “seriously considering” moving overseas,

Which means 10% at most are seriously considering it and many others are fantasizing about it. Which is bad enough.

28 posted on 04/15/2012 6:21:50 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Farmer Dean
This will be the situation here if Obama wins re-election.

What do you mean "will be"?

I have been looking to get out of here for more than a decade.

The only real obstacle is the IRS.

You would not believe what happens to you from that bunch if you expatriate.

Actually, it isn't all that bad, unless you want to come back or pass through.

It would kind of be like your flight got diverted to NY and you had a handgun in your luggage, only worse. So, wherever you go, you have to stay there and never get into the U.S. again; intentionally or unintentionally.

29 posted on 04/15/2012 6:46:10 PM PDT by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Vigilanteman

Your co-worker was right . BTW - I’m in Japan .


30 posted on 04/15/2012 6:47:15 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: elkfersupper

” Actually, it isn’t all that bad, unless you want to come back or pass through.

It would kind of be like your flight got diverted to NY and you had a handgun in your luggage, only worse. So, wherever you go, you have to stay there and never get into the U.S. again; intentionally or unintentionally. “

Huh ? I’ve been in Japan for 26 years and have a permanent visa to stay . I’ve been back many times over the years , as recently as 2 weeks ago , never had a problem . The IRS has never bothered me at all .


31 posted on 04/15/2012 6:50:12 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Can you blame them?


32 posted on 04/15/2012 7:06:00 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They let in too many Yobs.


33 posted on 04/15/2012 7:18:57 PM PDT by Rudder
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Just don’t come here if you are going to help eff up our country as you did to yours.


34 posted on 04/15/2012 7:20:57 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If they want to come to the US, I hope that they go to NY, Mass, Californicate, or one of the more progressive states where they would feel at home, very welcome and would easily adapt to their customary socialist ways.


35 posted on 04/15/2012 7:38:04 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: dforest

How many new folks can Australia and New Zealand accommodate? How many will they be willing to allow to emigrate from various countries? Which countries? Which cultures?


36 posted on 04/15/2012 7:39:34 PM PDT by citizen (Sherlock Holmes as Romney might now exclaim "The game's afoot!" Romney now needs his Dr. Watson V-ot)
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To: Paladin2

You are dsylexic. It really is “84%” want Obama to get out of the US but many are afraid for their lives if they speak the truth.


37 posted on 04/15/2012 7:44:11 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Thereby turning the once “Great Britain” over to the Muzzies.


38 posted on 04/15/2012 8:10:19 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

London calling!

39 posted on 04/15/2012 8:18:33 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They’re about 200 years late to the party.


40 posted on 04/15/2012 8:59:27 PM PDT by bgill
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