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mayerling|1309979692|2962969 said:Badly. Unemployment is pretty high in the UK, and universities keep cutting funding. Plus, they keep increasing VAT; it's now up to 20%.
Agreed. Breaks my heart. The country that should be proud of being among the first modern democracies is turning into a place I wouldn't want to live anymore, when it was always my favorite nation(s). I spent a great deal of time there for 10 yrs & never wanted to leave. Now? Trouble if you express what you think. Cameras on every streetcorner in almost the whole island. Sensors in your garbage can tattle on you for discarding a !gasp! forbidden item. Scary stuff.The UK has become so PC it's killing itself, both economically and socially.
JewelFreak|1309988603|2963097 said:Agreed. Breaks my heart. The country that should be proud of being among the first modern democracies is turning into a place I wouldn't want to live anymore, when it was always my favorite nation(s). I spent a great deal of time there for 10 yrs & never wanted to leave. Now? Trouble if you express what you think. Cameras on every streetcorner in almost the whole island. Sensors in your garbage can tattle on you for discarding a !gasp! forbidden item. Scary stuff.The UK has become so PC it's killing itself, both economically and socially.
The economy here? Yuck.