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.

Those of us still here, some of whom will move into the roles vacated by the people emigrating, obviously. Amusing that people paid a lot seem so frequently under the delusion that no one would be willing or capable of filling their shoes.

Same.

What a loss Paul Daniels would’ve been

The ME or Aus.

No not yet. We only moved back a few years ago (job and school reasons).

But yes, in a few years we will move. Probably 6months/ 6 months, because we love the U.K..

Just not the way it’s managed. Problem is anyone decent, doesn’t want to be a politician.

Ridiculous blowhard nonsense from who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

As others have very eloquently pointed out, your intellectually and morally challenged relatives can hardly be representative of a “brain drain”: they sound like classic “nice but dim” pillocks. Anyone with the slightest grasp on the economic prospects of this country would realise the time to jump ship from the UK was about eight years ago.

Oh, it definitely is a problem, because they’re not being replaced. Wealth flight means the burden falls on the shoulders of those with less, and is ultimately unsustainable. Capital flight really isn’t good news for a country, no matter how you try and spin it.

Rwanda? That seems a popular choice

Sounds easily replaceable, the fewer Tories we have around the better

Why would an adult say to another adult they should piss off out there home because they are voicing there concerns. Why does this make people so angry. The reaction is irrational and deaming. I hope that those who need the support of those who are really unhappy understand what is like to not receive medical services when they need it due to NO STAFF. We have a right to speak up for what it's worth. Who do you think you are to silence us.

Oh that’s good. A functioning economy and welfare state depends on the high earners (as well as on everyone else who contributes to society, as we saw clearly in Covid). Good they can be backfilled. Hopefully the replacements will be happier to pay most of their income in tax.

Tory voters are emigrating?

We could rejoin the EU!

No-one is silencing anyone - in general the feeling seems to be good luck to you if you can't stand what 14 years of Tory destruction has done to the UK. Anyone is most welcome to fuck off if they don't like it here.

I’m extremely uncomfortable with this line of thinking. “You are a child of immigrants therefore you must vote labour”. Children of immigrants are not a monolith.

Rwanda is a good destination I’ve heard.

What would be the benefit of you staying? (Genuine question)
If you stay are you going to use your wealth for the good of the society that helped you earn it? If not, why should it matter if you go elsewhere?

😂👏🏻👏🏻 good for your babe

Never heard any IRL say this.

@poetryandwine Almost every UK university - public & private - is suffering under severe budget cuts.

Home student fees of £9,250 do not come close to covering the real cost and need to be supplemented by overseas students' fees. New restrictions on post grad students bringing dependents with them into the UK, has hit that intake hard with numbers down by as much as 40% in this January's intake. At least one British public university is close to bankruptcy.

I'd say VAT on university fees is almost inevitable if Labour is elected.

Brilliant. Well said x

Your brother may want to emigrate to the UAE or Dubai because of money and taxes (or lack thereof). He will emigrate anyway, and it has little to do with his political views.
Your brother still needs to work and live a pink dream in a compound with his family facing heavy restrictions. Is it better than living with Labour? Debatable.
The divide among the very rich and the middle class has reached unacceptable levels in this country, the NHS is on its knees, most people have to choose beween food and energy and knife crime is thriving. Sixteen years of Conservatives' political leadership have killed us.
Are you for real?

What have your sisters in law said about it? My DH would not be able to say that I and DC were emigrating.

Didn’t Andrew Lloyd Webber say he would leave in 1997. He seems to still be here.

I am a high earner and work in the city- I have not heard anyone say this. In fact, I have heard some very unexpected people say they will vote Labour this time around.

Re tax, yes people have a moan about paying it - but in my experience mostly high earners increasingly complain about the dire state of public services - I.e. they don't mind paying their tax bill when it comes with a functioning society where ambulances and police appear ina reasonable time, they can visit a GP, their children can get into a local school.

What kind of work do you do @Itwasabrightcoldayinapril