Millions of Britons want a fresh start and a new life. But they will find it at home, not in Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/31/britons-fresh-start-australia-imperial-britain-uk

Posted by coffeewalnut05

16 comments

  1. When I visited Australia in 1998, the immigration officer asked me if I had a criminal record. Confused, I replied, “Oh, is that still required?”

  2. Nonsense column! What is his agenda here? Australia is a great place to emigrate to for all the reasons he lists. If you have the skills you won’t have trouble going.

  3. The article doesn’t offer much in the way of solutions to the country’s problems, but it did resonate with me in terms of its rhetoric.

    That being, we have a lot of potential in this country that could be put to good use.

    There’s no reason we can’t succeed as a nation; we have a lot of wealth, institutions, traditions, educated people and natural resources. We’ve also pioneered many systems, structures and practices that the world takes for granted today.

    Moving to another country and complaining about the UK from afar is just a “having your cake and eating it” mentality, imo.

  4. Tell that to my mum who started over in Australia 12 years ago and has in infinitely better quality of life than we do over here.

    She visits annually and every time is shocked by the backward steps we’ve taken and just how bad things really are.

  5. That’s an useless article, that has no evidence whatsoever. What’s the so what?

  7. Australia is a neoliberal toilet with an authoritarian government that’s policed by an army of thugs in ill-fitting polyester uniforms – so not much different to the UK, but the weathers better

  10. Lived in Australia twice – housing market in the cities is now like the UK on steroids. People queuing to bid insane amounts on houses that would have been worth sod all 25 years ago. Culture is basically sport. Insane pricey goods (why are bananas so expensive?!). 50% of the worlds deadliest animals also live there. Feels a lot more like the USA in a lot of ways (the telly!). However – I loved it the first time when I was younger – was affordable and fun and the outdoor lifestyle was amazing.

  11. I’m an Aussie living in the UK. I can safely say Australia has its own problems and there are things that the UK does better. The UK is more plugged into the world, race relations are definitely better here, there’s a more diverse array of jobs here as well. I came to the UK because of the lack of opportunities for my industry in Australia, because Australia is a third world economy masquerading as a first world country. The grass will always be greener for anyone looking to escape their shitty current circumstances.

  12. I’m in Sydney and it is shocking how many Brits are here. Young, old, northern, southern…it is incredible and it will continue for as long as the UK declines.

  13. To any Australians here, I am sorry if you get a load of our dickheads.

  15. I am nurse and at least a 100 nurses from my trust moved to Australia this year alone .

  16. What an over-privileged asshat. I left the UK in 2012 as I could see no future being a nurse in the UK. I came to Sydney and earned almost 3 times what I was earning, all under the bluest sky I ever saw. If he had come from working class, he wouldn’t be spouting such naive garbage.

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