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browneyedgirl
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: Re: UK has the worst quality of life in Europe |
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Easy; both countries never had Margret Thacher or Tony Blair as Prime Minister  |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: UK has the worst quality of life in Europe |
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How can France be better than the UK?  Spain I understand... |
Better climate? nice beaches? |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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Who didn't know this?
Maybe the next time some right wing economist report comes along criticizing Europe for not making people work stupidly long hours, for giving long vacations and family leave, and for providing good levels of service in health and education - maybe next time that happens people will remember this? |
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dirty_scraps83
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| How can France be better than the UK? |
I've yet to see a French reality TV programme about a middle-aged, middle-class family from Bordeaux who wish to escape the grinding, soul destroying banality of Southern France to renovate their dream...
"Maison en Angleterre" |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: UK has the worst quality of life in Europe |
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| nautilus wrote: |
| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| How can France be better than the UK? Spain I understand... |
Better climate? nice beaches? |
Yes. Better food and wine. Better train system. Better health care. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The legacy of Thatcher. |
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bigverne
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| The legacy of Thatcher. |
Yeah, she's to blame for everything, including the weather, the exorbitant price of goods and the lack of reasonably priced quality family restaurants. How long have Labour been in power now? |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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From the article,
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| Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch.com, said: "We may earn substantially more than our European neighbours but when it comes to quality of life we remain the sick man of Europe. |
Mo' money Mo' problems? |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: Re: UK has the worst quality of life in Europe |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| nautilus wrote: |
| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| How can France be better than the UK? Spain I understand... |
Better climate? nice beaches? |
Yes. Better food and wine. Better train system. Better health care. |
I'm confident that Papua New Guinea has a better train system than the UK. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:11 am Post subject: Re: UK has the worst quality of life in Europe |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| nautilus wrote: |
| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| How can France be better than the UK? Spain I understand... |
Better climate? nice beaches? |
Yes. Better food and wine. Better train system. Better health care. |
I'm confident that Papua New Guinea has a better train system than the UK. |
I have no idea how London continues to function with the Tube. Delays, breakdowns, missed schedules.... |
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visitorq
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
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And yet still sooo much better than pretty well any non-G8 country. And definitely better than Russia (okay, that's not saying much)... That still puts the UK in top percentile.
Let's face it, chavs and crappy tv notwithstanding, the UK's still a damn cool place. Just a bit too pricey is all. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Don't forget the stabbings!
Official motto of England: "Whilst walking, never, ever, ever, look up. you might make eye contact with a chav." |
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PeteJB
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| Come on, the Paris underground is full of shit smells and rubbish. So is Paris for that matter. Dirty! Don't let the posh buildings fool you. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| The legacy of Thatcher. |
Yeah, she's to blame for everything, including the weather, the exorbitant price of goods and the lack of reasonably priced quality family restaurants. How long have Labour been in power now? |
And what have Labour done differently, except try and be more tory than the Tories? Labour died in the eighties. |
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