Ive been in the UK for 6 days to relocate and im going back to Poland.

I am glad when I see certain things thriving in the UK, like our ale and pub cultures. However, that only goes so far. A pint of Deuchars or top ale is just that.

many people in Scotland are growing disillusioned with the benefits culture

It has even turned my friend, who was staunchly left-wing when I knew him well, into a centrist-right man.

It is interesting to see how those living in a situation can't (or fail to) see the minute changes that happen slowly over time, that to somebody coming back after a long absence, picks up on immediately.

Don't give up your country. Not yet.

I've been living there for a rather short time, but even I can see that something went terribly wrong in the recent years. This country is on the edge of total collapse. But maybe it's exactly what is needed at this point in time? Who knows?
This country was great and some of this greatness still remains in it's people. They still have got a bitter-sweet dark sense of humour. Some of them are still proud.
And the Tory's are in power now. And there are peoples like Nigel Farage from the UKIP.

I can't really express myself in this strange language, but there still some real power left in this country. Some spirit that is really hard to kill. Of course - it was undermined heavily to the point that some Britts doesn't understand who they are, but I am believe it's only a temporary state of matters.

Im hopeful of change, however slow it may be, the UK is not ready to give yet and let the animals run the zoo!

didn't react to situations as we should, but this is being dealt with.

Many aspects of life are stale and stagnant, Am. When I go back, it's the same old spiel. People saying the same things as they were 10-15 years ago, the same tv faces churning out the same formula of rubbish and such similar attitudes.

Many aspects of life are stale and stagnant, Am. When I go back, it's the same old spiel. People saying the same things as they were 10-15 years ago, the same tv faces churning out the same formula of rubbish and such similar attitudes.

But if the change for the negative is happening faster than the change for the positive, it doesn't look good.

my little Island :D

Negatives and positives depend on the point of view - for instance, an employer is rubbing his hands at the thought of masses of cheap labour, where as your average working class Brit isnt...You see where Im going with this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_Kingdom

Deuchars

area just doesn't allow you to play to your strengths. That's the truth in my case. My home city, Aberdeen, had great study options for me. But work? Nah, the sectors are not geared towards teaching or paralegal work

I also used to be centrist-left but I'm centrist-right now. Britain is full of ungrateful spongers and it's important to know that

but hopefully I shall never have to set foot there again.

I will wager you have never ever set foot here. Another troll with more than one PF ID.

Agreed, I've gone from far-left to middling right - and it's hardly surprising that so many immigrants come to the UK to do the jobs that the British won't do. From what I can see, the natives would rather sit at home watching crappy daytime TV (or crappy anytime TV for that matter), eating junk, swigging cheap alcohol, claiming benefits and at the same time complain that the Poles have taken all the jobs.
It depresses me to visit the place now, but hopefully I shall never have to set foot there again.

some of us still have that British spirit that was instilled in us by our parents!

Many aspects of life are stale and stagnant, Am. When I go back, it's the same old spiel. People saying the same things as they were 10-15 years ago, the same tv faces churning out the same formula of rubbish and such similar attitudes.