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I just watched the 1 O'Clock news and it shocked even me to learn that 1,000 Brits A DAY are now emigrating. After the week I've just had I'm joining them.

Right now I'm looking at New Zealand, North West Italy, North East coast of USA (NH maybe), West coast of Canada or the BVI where I used to live for a while (co-incidently they had their first murder in seven years last week ).

Rapunzel - nice to see another new member on here - the more so is you have bumps in your jumper (why the lack of women on here?) but what your post doesn't say is that the government want to encode my (our) DNA onto Identity Cards which we will be compelled to carry. As alluded to in your post, the implications exceed the simplistic "crime" argument. Also, as of yesterday, all our medical records are to be loaded onto a central government database to which 250,000 civil servants will have access to....

One other study of the of contemporary UK came out today, which I have personal experience and shows the way society is going in the here and more reasons why I want no further part of it:-


Britain's teenagers 'amongst worst behaved in Europe'
Young people in the UK are amongst the worst behaved in Europe, research by a leading think-tank has revealed.

In a series of indicators on bad behaviour, including drugs, drink, violence and promiscuity, Britain was at, or close to the top, a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) shows.

The research, which was conducted over recent years, reveals that British 15-year-olds are getting drunk more often, are involved in more fights and a higher proportion have had sex compared with their counterparts in Germany, France and Italy.

One study carried out suggested that in 2003, 38 per cent of 15-year-olds in the UK had tried cannabis, compared to just 7 per cent in Sweden and 27 per cent in Germany.

According to the IPPR, one of the key indicators that defines British adolescents is how they spend their spare time compared to their European counterparts.

Whereas 45 per cent of 15-year-old boys in England and 59 per cent in Scotland spend most evenings with friends, in France that figure stands at just 17 per cent.

In contrast, European teenagers are much more likely to sit down to a meal with their parents. In Italy 93 per cent eat regularly with their families, compared with 64 per cent in the UK.

Nick Pearce, director of the IPPR, told the BBC that the figures pointed to "increasing disconnect" between children and adults, with youngsters learning how to behave from each other.

"Because they don’t have that structured interaction with adults, it damages their life chances," he said.

"They are not learning how to behave - how to get on in life - as they need to."

A spokesman for the IPPR said no further information on its study would be released until the publication of the report on Monday.

The findings of the report coincided with the release of a study from the Youth Justice Board, showing that antisocial behaviour orders have become a "badge of honour" for youths, with parents and carers saying they were viewed as "diplomas" which boosted a teenager’s reputation rather than having a punitive effect.

The survey found that more than half of respondents had breached their orders, a large number on more than one occasion, with youth workers saying that Asbos had little positive impact on the behaviour of young people.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...433948,00.html