To be fed up of living in the U.K. but have no other options?

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Anyone else?

Why don’t you have any other options?

Because I’m not qualified for any jobs that desirable countries want!

If you have nothing to offer other countries, I guess we're stuck with you, then.

Looks that way 😢

Ireland?

YANBU. I live in a beautiful part of the UK which I do love but I’m embarrassed to be British. The whole country is looking shabby and unloved. People seem stressed and angry all the time. DH and I are employable abroad but we couldn’t uproot our oldest child with SEN. We fought for years to get the support she needs.

The best way to appreciate the country you live in is to live elsewhere.

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Once it gets independence 😊

so you have options, you just don’t like them

thats a you problem

But won't she get even more fabulous, support in a less,shabby, much more loved country? You're really holding your daughter back by staying here.

Like others said, if other countries don’t want you because you have nothing to offer, then you have nothing to offer this country either.

On a serious note, this is why this country finds itself in this position. The economy is struggling because we have low productivity and too many people without anything to offer that grows the country.

YANBU. We considered moving abroad but the private school fees are too expensive now we’re out of the EU.

Oh, I do. I have a fantastic career but it’s U.K. based and wouldn’t work anywhere else.

Am interested to know what you do that wouldn’t work in ANY other country in the world

unless you’re a brexit minister

Hard to be specific without being outing, I’m qualified just not in anything transferable to other countries.

@sst1234 hi Liz Truss 👋🏻 Time for mumsnet now you’ve been sacked?

Legal.

Hardly outing on here to be part of the legal system, like a conveyancer or legal secretary.

Wow. Such mean spirited answers. To turn the (silly) argument around then: productivity is so low because the people with options have long gone?!

Don't just swallow what the incredibly entitled and privileged ruling class is telling you about the state of the country being regular people's fault.

I’m neither of those.

Thats absolute nonsense across the board, it might be true in some circumstances but not as a blanket rule

I have a job that is hugely in demand but not desirable in the UK, its not transferrable to another country without learning intricate language skills, to the level where abstract concepts, human development, legal concepts could be described and then also requalifying in that country and learning the equivalent law

I dont have the language skills to learn a new language to that level and neither is my job one where I would be able to get an employer sponsoring me to move. In order to qualify I need experience, in order to have experience I would need a sponsor, cant get a sponsor unless Im qualified.

Surely you could retrain if its that bad here for you? Am working with several individuals who are qualified legal practitioners in their home country and are re-qualifying to enable themselves to practice here. All in mid to late 30's and 40's, so no small feat as families have been up rooted etc. But life in their home countries is so bad they decided to remake their lives here.

I was a former bank manager with FA qualifications working as a mortgage underwriter; then we moved to the Netherlands. My experience and qualifications were non-transferable and I ended up working in a factory until I was fluent enough in Dutch to get a (basic) office job.

Many trained in the UK work abroad in the legal field

In some countries you just need to take a one off exam to prove comprehension of the new system in that particular country

I’ve travelled, and i’ve worked and lived in other countries for short periods. The grass is not always greener. Maybe you need to actually go and live somewhere else to live for a time, to then actually appreciate what you have. There’s things wrong with this country, but also lots of things right.

I feel the same, but the issue with shit politicians, a failing economy and the super wealthy taking the piss is everywhere globally, we are just hitting the bottom faster than some.

Its not a UK problem, its a human problem. Such a shame on such a beautiful planet.