Do you know people who will emigrate if labour win?

[groyard]

This is making me all very stressed. Trying not to freak myself out over future socio-economic ramifications for the UK if there is a wider trend of “brain drain”.

Brother and BIL have both said that if Labour win they will be emigrating with their wives and children.

I’ve heard similar sentiment from others but assume (hope) this is hyperbole.

Just to say, none of the people mentioned are wealthy but just about comfortable. Both highly skilled and in demand internationally.

Planning on emigrating in the next 2 years either way, but if the tories stay in power I will be leaving sooner. (Husband is european)

There's nothing special about people who contribute more tax than others. The only reason they are able to earn money in the first place is by being part of a wider society. If anything, earning and contributing more is a privilege denied to the majority of people.

The water utilities in this country are largely owned by international finance companies.

Yorkshire Water, for instance, is over half owned by Hong Kong investment firms and over a third owned by the Singapore government. The remainder is owned by an Australian pension scheme.

None that I would miss

OMG how brainwashed are your relatives and friends @groyard

If they want to know what each party has achieved, look at the stats. Here's one about nhs waiting lists...

I'm looking forward to less fraud, improved nhs services, improved schools and councils that are properly funded!

If your relatives and friends leave the UK, we'll a few less brainwashed tories would be a godsend.

Cost of living surely?

And Tories are generally wankers but by god do Labour supporters love a whinge!

This!!

Something like 3/4 of private schools have said they'll reduce their work with state schools if VAT is implemented, so it won't just impact the wealthy.

Is your BiL Rishi Sunak?😆

but they dont RUN it.

Why would it be empty? It would be rented out!

The brain drain has never happened anywhere?? Are you serious?

They will do nothing. It's empty talk.

People claiming they'll leave the country as if anyone would miss them be like:

No, the 'high-earners' in this country that people keep praising are running it. You know, the greedy and incompetent polluters.

Let us not forget the impact of the pandemic

It’s also worth noting that we cannot compare figures so easily as the way they are categorised has changed since 1990.
This article indicates the changes and explains things more fully than a chart that pays no reference to them.
The spike, obviously, is Covid.
Its also worth noting what was occurring during some of these dates. An influx of younger people from Europe and older people leaving the UK for Spain, for example, means a healthier population, for a while.

Austerity had its affects as well.

This is untrue. Look at African countries, Russia, some parrs of the Mediterranean, sone parts of Asia especially Thailand, Poland etc where many millions over the last few decades decided they could have a better life elsewhere.

The problem with your thinking is you wrongly imagine that it will never happen to Britain. That we are different - can’t possibly fail - and this is spectacularly inaccurate and history tells us we did fail under Labour before. In 1976, we didn’t have basic services such as electricity and non collections. People just stopped working, aa everywhere ground to a halt. Britain had to take a begging bowl to the IMF for a bail out. And it absolutely can and may well happen again under Labour.

People have very short memories.
The economy is not some dirty word and an optional extra that we can be indifferent about, it’s the very oxygen that keeps us alive, literally keeping life support machines on, and the lights on.

IF people vote for Labour they are playing Russian roulette with our future. That is not ‘hyperbole’ but fact. As history repeats itself people have no idea how bad it could be. There is no time at all where Labour have been competent with our National money - not a single example of fiscal competence. So your choice, but at least own whar you are doing to our country!

My question exactly

IF people vote for Labour they are playing Russian roulette with our future.

Whereas the Tories - for example Liz Truss - have been so extraordinarily competent?!

Compared to Labour, absolutely.

Lol

How is that a bright and articulate reply? Labours track record of crashing the economy every time they were voted in is there for all to see. Are you saying those historic failures didn’t happen?