Time to Emigrate?What is nowadays the point for the young who are neither rich nor on benefits in Britain? 'Time to Emigrate?' is a searing indictment of the future of life in Britain. It focuses on the prospects for a young family on a modest income living in a dramatically changing Britain, and asks whether they should consider emigration. |
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Page 51
... happened . The fact is that it's happened , and all you can do now is make the best of it . It's like a couple deciding they don't want another child , then having a fit of absent - mindedness , as a result of which the baby appears ...
... happened . The fact is that it's happened , and all you can do now is make the best of it . It's like a couple deciding they don't want another child , then having a fit of absent - mindedness , as a result of which the baby appears ...
Page 115
... happened when I was still in Parliament . My constituents were a level - headed lot , though some of the older ones could be a little out of it . One day an elderly lady sidled up to me at a function . ' I saw one of them in Aylesbury ...
... happened when I was still in Parliament . My constituents were a level - headed lot , though some of the older ones could be a little out of it . One day an elderly lady sidled up to me at a function . ' I saw one of them in Aylesbury ...
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... happening and immigration . The reason immigration worries you , if I've got you right , is not only because of the security threat , or what happened to Billy . It's because you had a sneaking affec- tion for the old place as it was ...
... happening and immigration . The reason immigration worries you , if I've got you right , is not only because of the security threat , or what happened to Billy . It's because you had a sneaking affec- tion for the old place as it was ...
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