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Seriously thinking about leaving the UK - AIBU?

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HonoraBridge · 28/03/2025 16:31

I love the UK in many ways but it has been going downhill for at least 20 years and it feels as if the speed of the decline is accelerating. I no longer see a happy, or particularly safe, future here. For the first time in my life, I am very seriously thinking about leaving the UK and that feeling gets stronger day by day. When I mention this to friends, many are feeling the same way. YANBU - you are right to think seriously about leaving the UK. YABU - the UK is a still a great country to live in and you are being unreasonable to want to leave.

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notprincehamlet · 28/03/2025 16:43

The country's screwed - it's going to take generations and a full-on revolution to recover from years of being hollowed out by the Tories. Nothing good's going to happen under Labour - sadly they're proving to be just another bunch of freeloading, billionaire-appeasing grifters. Run fast run far, op!

Miley23 · 28/03/2025 16:43

ThymeScent · 28/03/2025 16:40

Am encouraging my own to DC to leave.
The country is a mess and with net migration massively rising and the ‘benefit’ culture rife, people who actually work for a living are being taken for mugs.

Agree. My eldest two kids were born in NZ and I'm hoping they may be able to somehow be able to go there or Australia.

AlisonDonut · 28/03/2025 16:41

I swore I'd leave the morning the Brexit result came in. I did in 2021. I don't think I'm ever going back that's for sure.

Jabberwok · 28/03/2025 16:40

Where though? Germany , France are both economically expected to go backwards this year. The rest of Europe and those two have increased issues with terrorism. Plus issues should Germany struggle
Spain is still basically an economy based on tourism and has had several major weather issues.
The middle East is a powder keg and it's expensive to move there
The far East has been today hit by a massive earth quake. Thailand which is the usual destination doesn't have the most stable political situation having had 20 constitutions and several military could
Aus and new Zealand are fave, if you meet the criteria to get in...and it's a long long way to visit family
The us? With trump?
So Canada...it's well it's canada?

ThymeScent · 28/03/2025 16:40

Am encouraging my own to DC to leave.
The country is a mess and with net migration massively rising and the ‘benefit’ culture rife, people who actually work for a living are being taken for mugs.

Clinicalwaste · 28/03/2025 16:38

If it weren't for the kids schools we would be seriously considering it for the reasons you have stated. I think we are in for an even bumpier ride over the next decade. DH works in another country and i am a SAHM so if the kids schooling was more mobile and we had those options then i think we would do it.
The UK has a lot of potential to be great so i am optimistic as i also love this country. People need to do what is best for them though and if i was young i would go.

MyCatIsTheHeadChef · 28/03/2025 16:37

We feel that way also. DH is a Brit I am not. We have lived abroad and in the UK since 2005. We are just waiting in theory for our DS to finish school- but we may jump before that. Maybe to my home country. Maybe to the country DH was born as he is a dual citizen. We wished to be here forever. I called the UK my 'death country' as in the country I would die on.

No more. We are net contributers with a disabled child and feel pummelled completely.

MinnieMountain · 28/03/2025 16:36

It all depends on where you want to go and what sort of life you would have there.

Lentilweaver · 28/03/2025 16:35

This isnt an AIBU topic. It's a complex question. To begin with, where can you go? What skills do you have?

AgnesX · 28/03/2025 16:34

Where do you think is/ might be better?

And could you afford to be there?

HundredPercentUnsure · 28/03/2025 16:32

Go for it. Have you lived abroad before?

Where would you consider?