dode57k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Nothing stays the same. Nostalgia is fine but anger at change is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Pilotman said: I have very little pride in what the UK has become. I have a fascination with our history, rather than a pride in what it achieved. but I despair at what the UK has become under successive governments. It has very poor infrastructure, that is getting worse by the year, a dysfunctional political class that is supported by an equally dysfunctional Civil Service, a heath service that treats to the lowest common denominator and is unsustainable financially, a castrated military, and a largely miserable population. I like having a British Passport for the freedom to travel that it gives me, otherwise, I truly have no feelings of pride or kinship in the UK, just a continuing frustration that things can only get worse. Far too much political correctness in UK. Too many bleeding hearts who are more concerned about immigrants than their own people. I'll stop there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred white Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 26 minutes ago, overherebc said: Far too much political correctness in UK. Too many bleeding hearts who are more concerned about immigrants than their own people. I'll stop there. The PC police are everywhere here Facebook the media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojero Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Not from the decision makers. Beneficiaries of this deal will be long gone or happily retired with plenty of resulting funds in their pockets. Will be regretted in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 The Britain i knew and loved as i grew up , i am afraid has gone , when there were few immigrants it was fine ,they on the whole mucked in and became British as did my dad ,came from Europe to help fight against Germany ,married a local girl and had us British kids. those days i fear are long long gone ,i know its not PC and the usual posters will not agree with me ,but vast swathes of Britain are now a foreign land ,peopled by people who owe it no alegance ,neither do their offspring . all you have to do is read the national press and when you see the pictures of the vast majority of drug dealers ,murderers and those murdered and you will see . so the British embassy is now not great ,and neither is Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, bert bloggs said: The Britain i knew and loved as i grew up , i am afraid has gone , when there were few immigrants it was fine ,they on the whole mucked in and became British as did my dad ,came from Europe to help fight against Germany ,married a local girl and had us British kids. those days i fear are long long gone ,i know its not PC and the usual posters will not agree with me ,but vast swathes of Britain are now a foreign land ,peopled by people who owe it no alegance ,neither do their offspring . all you have to do is read the national press and when you see the pictures of the vast majority of drug dealers ,murderers and those murdered and you will see . so the British embassy is now not great ,and neither is Britain. Says it all without saying it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dode57k Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, bert bloggs said: The Britain i knew and loved as i grew up , i am afraid has gone , when there were few immigrants it was fine ,they on the whole mucked in and became British as did my dad ,came from Europe to help fight against Germany ,married a local girl and had us British kids. those days i fear are long long gone ,i know its not PC and the usual posters will not agree with me ,but vast swathes of Britain are now a foreign land ,peopled by people who owe it no alegance ,neither do their offspring . all you have to do is read the national press and when you see the pictures of the vast majority of drug dealers ,murderers and those murdered and you will see . so the British embassy is now not great ,and neither is Britain. Good post. There are of course many more reasons why the UK is broken but broken it undoubtedly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rodrigues Pereira Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hope this will NEVER EVER happen to our beautiful Embassy on Captain Bush Lane. I am talking about the Embassy of Portugal, that we own (the land too) as a gift from one of Thailand's late Kings. And believe me, my country is much more in need of fresh cash than the UK, Brexit or no Brexit ! I am appaled !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 the building was less than 100 years old, hardly historic. the previous embassy, before 1922, was also sold to the Siamese government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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