Quote Originally Posted by TheBlackHorse View Post
... well it's about time someone says it (apologies if this view has already been mentioned elsewhere), but if you don't like living in this country go somewhere else.
I had the sometimes questionable benefit of meeting junior doctors, many from overseas, just starting their training in the NHS. They came to the UK because of the value of having the label 'trained in the NHS'. Almost all said that when qualified that they would return to their country of origin. When I met them, usually each year, one by one they would tell me they have decided to settle in the UK - why - because they preferred the lifestyle compared to what they would be going back to in their homeland.
This country has taken generations to build to the various levels of lifestyle we have today. In most cases it's been down to a lot of hard work, study, making sacrifices; yes, and quite rarely, good fortune.
Why do some arrive in this country and expect benefits to be handed to them? Why don't some of our overseas residents put the expertise they have gained in the UK to good use in their home country; for heavens sake, many of them need the skills they train for here.
The old adage of 'when in Rome do as the Romans do' applies. I'm very sure that if I kicked off in Saudi, China, North Korea, I would be shown the proverbial door pdq. If you were born here and still don't like it, then do something about it democratically. We have an imperfect democracy but this is how it is - take it or leave it.
I did and it was the best decision I ever made apart from no Notts but even that is now partially fixed with the internet.