London and Monaco are Europe's most expensive cities for real estate

UK students are looking to move to more technologically advanced countries.

British companies are among the least technologically advanced, lagging far behind emerging countries. For example, UK businesses had the lowest penetration of Webmail, i.e. email accessed through a web browser, at approximately 20%.

 

British food prices 'highest in Europe'

Food prices are higher in Britain than any other European country.

British shoppers can expect to spend GBP137.13 (USD216.94) on a basket of food which would cost just GBP119.57 (USD189.20) in France and GBP120.40 (USD190.53) in Germany.

Researchers used harmonized consumer prices based on Eurostat statistics to calculate the cost of a basket of food. Items included cereals, meat, fish and seafood, milk, cheese, eggs, fruit, vegetables, sugar and confectionary.

Source: Farmers Weekly

 

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Bitch read this, and then shut the fuck up:

Almost all your medical healthcare bills are paid for by the state. Yes, it's true. Even if you are poor and have never paid into any insurance fund, if you live in the UK then the national government pays for your [FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]health[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] care, even if you need a very expensive life-saving operation. Let's not underestimate this, as most countries don't have this.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* It's a great place to start a business. (see [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]how to set up and run your own business[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]). The UK is very proud of being "a nation of shopkeepers" and private enterprise is actively encouraged. The excellent flagship unregulatedness of British private enterprise is so good that any individual can just declare themselves to be a company and instantly become a real company and can trade without hindrance in almost any line of business [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* The culture of the UK is diversity friendly in most places and there is a general sense of individuality being a good thing. Although this isn't 100% true everywhere in the UK, the cultural open-mindedness is good in most of the big cities.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* The government of the UK and its establishment is stable and it would be regarded as "unlikely" for it to be overthrown, for example by revolution or invasion. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* The country has a level of pride in itself and seldom feels a sense of insecurity such that it is going to invade other countries, (although there have been exceptions where international politics have got it embroiled in some unseemly conflict or other for almost no good reason).[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* You CAN trust the police! With very few exceptions, the British police are honest, and they have to obey the law. This is in contrast to some countries where the police are feared by honest people. To put this in perspective, see [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]what happened to me in Belize[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] and [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]what the Belize police did about it[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]. Although the British police don't always succeed in the fight against crime, they are at least part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Even with the archaic legal system and absurd laws which various UK nanny state governments have imposed, the police have still managed to maintain reasonable order without becoming jobsworths.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* There are almost no destitute people. No person who's prepared to give up their dignity is allowed to be truly POOR in Britain. There is a welfare state which is such that people may live off it almost indefinitely. This makes the country a very attractive prospect for immigrants.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* The UK gives free school education to all children, (although not everyone gets on well with it. I hated it). However, free education is something which many countries aspire to, and I have even known people who have moved to the UK to get their children educated. university education and specialist education is well respected worldwide.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* The British currency is GB Pounds Sterling, which is one of the world's best currencies. The British pound is more stable than almost all other world currencies, including the US dollar. Plus, the currency is better made. Pounds are worth more than dollars or euros, but the general stability of the currency is largely because of long-term backing up of the value of the currency with real assets. In contrast, countries where the governments think they can solve their economic problems by printing more banknotes, end up with devaluation, inflation, and huge denomination notes required to buy basic essentials. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* Britain is a very safe place to live. Almost all danger has been eliminated from life, and you are more likely to die of boredom, old age, or suicide out of sheer desperation than from any of the classic methods of death seen at the movies; murder, explosion, falling off something, high speed crash, or poisoning. Almost no-one is ever shot dead, as guns are banned in almost all circumstances. Folk sometimes consider themselves lucky to still be allowed to own a knife to cut their bread.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* If you come from North America you may be amused to hear that many of the folk in the UK speak with a variety of interesting accents which have a particular charm. In addition to the remarkable style of speaking, the British English vocabulary is especially of note. It's not unusual to see people use words such as "[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]whilst[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]", and occasionally even seemingly archaic words such as "thrice". This is part of a glorious tradition and is to be preserved as if 'twere endangered species of wild animals.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* Britain is still regarded as having the best television in the world. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]The BBC[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif], and parallel running independent broadcasters of a similar level of quality.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]* Although the country has got an official state religion, which is pushed unfairly in various ways, you are not actually compelled to believe it. You're allowed to believe any old stuff, [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]cult or religion[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif], you want. You can be atheist, or [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]Pagan[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif], or have any of the usual religions, or devise a belief-system entirely of your own. Diversity of [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]***********0000ff]belief[/color][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] is something Britain is justifiedly proud of. Most people are agnostics, except at weddings and funerals.[/FONT]

 

now now, children

:mrgreen:

 

This thread reveals a lot about the true nature of this forum - doesn't it? After all, who operates this website? I'm wary of any forum that contains a large number of men from the U.K. I am also convinced that I know some of you from a different forum.

 

huh?

 

:smt017

 

I know some of the people in wwbm from a different forum...

 

k.

 

geez you must scare damn easy if 2 guys in the uk scare ya cos thats what we have, we have 2 regular brit male posters, denz is all on you buddy

 

ive been and had a thourough check in the mirror, definaly no bollocks on me

 

Who is the other regular male Brit poster apart from me? Do you mean complex..well he hardly ever posts. Antern7, why you so wary of British men?

 

mr cartoon lives in london currently

 

Ah..yeah, I think he is American though.

 

well then its all on you, your our brit man representative

 

Fuck man, I'd move to the UK if all my family wasn't here in the states.

 

bring em with you

 

This is true, GB has its problems very similar to the US, such as Class Warfare.

In Romania for example its escaping ravaging poverty and corruption.

 

Therefore....ergo.....

It's NOT a British thing.



Anywhere and everywhere y'go....IF your perspective & open-mindedness is broad enough.


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