Why I am starting to hate Sheffield and the UK

[Berberis]

I've also just found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/default.stm

 

4.26 Million British people live in other countries. Thats around 15% of the poluation. 1.3 million of which live in Australia. Over a million people cant be wrong!

[Swan_Vesta]

 

Toodle pip ya'll!

 

No objections if me and our lass pop over for a cheapo holiday?

[Besteastern]

But can the 50 million who opted to stay behind in the UK be wrong?

[Berberis]

But can the 50 million who opted to stay behind in the UK be wrong?

 

Well according to research publicised last year 1 in 4 Britain’s would emigrate if they could.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=398856&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true

 

I live here but I would leave if I could. My being here doesn’t mean I would stay given half the chance and a quarter of the population would do the same.

[Berberis]

No objections if me and our lass pop over for a cheapo holiday?

 

Of course ... and within time, im sure you would want to stay

[Greybeard]

But can the 50 million who opted to stay behind in the UK be wrong?

 

A fair number of those 50 million have only just got here

[Berberis]

But can the 50 million who opted to stay behind in the UK be wrong?

 

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

[Ousetunes]

Well I for certain am seriously considering moving abroad. The lack of respect in this country, a generation hell-bent on smashing up all and sundry and a constant feeling of being ripped-off (cost of goods, petrol, gas and electricity; costs of running a business and employment and then the cost of property in general) are just some things which make me consider leaving.

 

We seem to have a government that says you can have anything you want just so long as you don't work for it. If you work for it however, be prepared to lose it. A government and judicial system, no doubt controlled from Europe which for some reason is terrified of handing out decent sentences and prison terms to the law-breakers. We hear that two dangerous paedophiles have absconded, one of whom was actually allowed to roam the streets till a curfew kicked-in at 7pm. The hostel he was supposed to return to in York is situated between two main schools.

 

But what I simply fail to grasp is why so many teenagers and indeed, pre-teenagers seem so ANGRY. They seem to slouch around with a constant scowl on their face, trashing anything in their way, be it new playgrounds (they proclaimed to be 'bored'. As soon as the council gives them something, they smash it up by way of thanks). They carry knives and are prepared to use them. Teachers can't touch them, the law cannot touch them: they're free to do as they wish.

 

Some time back, around 1992 IIRC, John Major was vilified for his 'back to basics' policy. It was laughed out of parliament (as was he five years later). But all he wanted to do was to try and bring respect back into our society, beginning where it should, at home and continuing in schools. Of course, he must have realised that we didn't actually need to go back to basics; we have been careering downhill ever since (and I suppose, since before then).

 

I had a good upbringing and I learned respect from my parents, my teachers and my friends. I went to school and even when at my lowest ebb, I didn't want to insult teachers or burn the place down. When I played out, I'd go all over the place and neither myself nor my parents were overly concerned for my safety. We all knew when it was time to go home; we didn't need watches even, we just knew it was time! My friends didn't carry knives or *because we were bored* smash up bus stops or smash beer bottles and place shards in the grass in the park (something which happened recently in York. A chap walking his dog had to take evasive action when the dog's legs and arteries were cut to ribbons).

 

When we went on buses (sometimes just for something to do) we didn't rip the seats up, draw on the chair infront or try to set something alight. I'd always thank the bus driver even if he was a miserable toad. When we went shopping, if there was something I wanted it was a question of saving for it first, certainly not take it and run off.

 

We had three TV channels, no computers or ipods etc. We played outside for hours on end. We ran around and tired ourselves out. I remember playing on Hangingwater Close where we lived and my eldest brother said to me 'Cop's coming'. I thought he meant the coppers were coming and I suddenly started breathing heavily and ran to hide behind some bushes. I hadn't even done anything! But the thought of getting into trouble with the police absolutely terrified me. What my brother actually meant was 'Copp's coming' meaning Andy Copp, a friend of his, was on his way!

 

A raised voice from my dad put the wind up me. If my mum shouted for us to come in, it might take 2 or 3 attempts. But it only took one such call from my father - usually brandishing a long shoe-horn for effect - for us to go belting into the house. We had boundaries and we respected them.

 

There, it's that word again: respect. It's a dead word in this country. There are other factors for my wanting to leave, too many to mention here (except for the obvious one of getting some decent sunshine) but what really riles me is that we all know how bad things are getting here, and yet nothing ever gets done about it.

 

I fear for my girls' upbringing in a society which at least worries me and at best scares the living daylights out of me.

[Mrs Hyde]

These stories just keep on coming with alarming regularity and every time they do we all say how terrible it is but, unless we are directly involved, the next day we forget about it until the next one comes along. You see these reality cop shows on the tv, the kids get caught and stand there smirking at the camera. What we need are law makers that will wipe the smile of these faces. If we need more prisons, then build more. Lets have a bit less rehabilitation and a bit more incarceration. Burglary/ mugging/ twoc, petty crime? I dont think so. Start sticking some of these morons with ten year sentences and say smile at that. Beating up an oap, lets face it how low can you go. You dont really deserve to walk the streets for at least 20yrs. We keep hearing how easy it is for these w4nk3rs to obtain drugs whilst inside....WHY! cut off any physical contact with anyone from the outside.... ' but they might riot '. Not if priveliges are withdrawn ( like food and water ) and as for giving them a taste of the armed forces.... I think not. This is an insult to the professional serviceman who has more to do than babysit the dregs and dross of society.

 

Hear hear!! bl..dy good post, totally agree about the services, why should they have to put up with the scumbags

[handypandy]

1) children as young as nine are suffering eating disorders as a result of school bullies.

2) seven people charged with murder.

3)Housing shortage as housing affordability crisis continues to bite.

4) Body pulled from river identified.

5) Flu claims another life.

6) Improvements needed to road system to improve congestion.

7) Community outrage as man gets 10 yr minimum sentence for beating 5yr old to death.

 

Stories from around the UK?............No!

 

I've just copied these stories from todays Herald Sun newspaper, in Australia..... Bon Voyage suckers!