Rejected Clarkson article.

The man is a comedian, rubs so many backs up and those he rubs up don't realise they've fallen for it.

I think his arrogance is hilarious, and that article is merely stating the facts that many would be too wishy washy to say.

Brilliant. Nail absolutely on head.

Flight to NZ please...

Originally Posted by IrishRob

Spot on - in answer to his question as to where to emmigrate to.... Dubai, or one of the other 6 Emirates in the UAE. Now that place is properly 'civilised' and not over-run with obsessive human rights and a perverse social state system.

Dubai is a ridiculous place to live unless you are stupidly rich or getting paid a very high salary!

If you don't buy your own place, which you probably wont as it's fooking expensive, and end up renting, most landlords want a years rent in advance - and the rent is ridiculously expensive too!

The jobs they offer over there in my field are generally higher paid, and you get some sort of tax break (not sure if it's totally tax free) but the cost of living outweighs most of it!

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Dubai is a ridiculous place to live unless you are stupidly rich or getting paid a very high salary!

If you don't buy your own place, which you probably wont as it's fooking expensive, and end up renting, most landlords want a years rent in advance - and the rent is ridiculously expensive too!

The jobs they offer over there in my field are generally higher paid, and you get some sort of tax break (not sure if it's totally tax free) but the cost of living outweighs most of it!

Was out there on holiday a couple of months ago and am going to be taking a serious look at jobs out there. Yes - rent is expensive but this is offset by higher wages, it is very difficult to buy a property if you are foreign but taxes are very low and it is a country that rewards hard work, unlike the UK. Plus crime is a whole lot lower - my main abiding memory is being sat outside a shopping area and there being a very expensive BMW left with the keys in the ignition, engine running to keep the air-conditioning running with no-one inside it with no fear of it being stolen.

Does anyone else get sick of constant moaning about "broken Britain".

Its almost enough to make me want to leave...

Originally Posted by MrFish

Does anyone else get sick of constant moaning about "broken Britain".

Its almost enough to make me want to leave...

I like how Clarkson has in a way pointed out that the grass is always greener. It aint so bad here...

I'm going back home as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

[ixlr8]

Originally Posted by keithd

getting a teensy bit fed up with Clarkson.

Can be amusing when he acts out the adolescent impulses that lurk within us, but like many adolescents, he decries regulation and (perhaps?) naively and hypocritically dislikes the outcome of non-regulation just as strongly. I suspect it's merely a lucrative act he's been refining for a decade (to give him the benefit of the doubt.)

[Viney]

Originally Posted by IrishRob

Spot on - in answer to his question as to where to emmigrate to.... Dubai, or one of the other 6 Emirates in the UAE. Now that place is properly 'civilised' and not over-run with obsessive human rights and a perverse social state system.

Erm..you cant drink, you can get thorwn in jail if you aseen holding a girls hand or kissing her in public when you are not married and a pprently the bottom has fallen out of Dubai.