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In no particular order - the weather, crime, the "credit crunch", highest taxes in Europe, Society going to the dogs and - Gordon Brown. :(

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Suet....no problem......Don't forget in my younger days I was a butcher in Accy market.....Not too long ago my wife asked a butcher in Darwen market for some shin beef....The butcher who obviously was well up to the job, said and I quote "Shin beef is not produced anymore"....The mind boggles :eek:

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I never said anyone was a delusional dreamer and I did state that I was generalising, although I do think it's true.

As for the things you list....

the weather - not much different to how it's always been in the UK and many people see having proper seasons as a good thing.
crime - according to official sources, crime is actually falling fast in the UK. Recent figures published for Lancashire showed crime was down by 15%.
the "credit crunch" - is a global issue and not localised to the UK
highest taxes in Europe - but yet standards of living in the UK are higher now than they've ever been, with morbidity and infant mortality rates at all time lows. It can't all be bad.
Society going to the dogs - debatable. And again I don't believe that alot of the so-called anti-social issues are confined to the UK.
Gordon Brown - is an elected official and can be 'unelected' just as quickly. That's democracy.

I'm not getting into an argument here and I'm not really criticising you personally Westender, but I do think that there's developed a constant trend of knocking the UK and so often it's based on incorrect supposition and misinformed opinion.

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Indeed it does ... have the cows gone on strike:eek:

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The edible bits that people have stopped buying are going into pet food.
That is why birds now eat suet

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disagree with much of that T.M. (Weather) think its much differant we had proper seasons, sledging etc every winter, proper summers.etc, (Crime) ya can prove owt wi figures, whilst i agree crime is falling, Violent Crime is on the increase, with the officials seem to omit. (credit crunch) agree that is global no question. (Highest Taxes) things are better now in all Europe,but we are obviously over taxed n the fact things are improved does not balance that.(society going to dogs) that to me is without question, having lived abroad fer nearly 3 yrs. (gordon brown) yes can be unelected, but whoever replaces him will be no better from any party. this aint n argument, its just my opinion.

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Totally agree with you. Malta is certainly on my list of possibilities. The crime rates are soooooo low, the people friendly the weather good and even. You are right about the education standards and people still look after their children. added to all that Malta introduced No Smoking laws long before we did.