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forkboy84 posted:If you're wealthy enough to gently caress off at the election of a Tory you're probably not likely to get hosed that badly by them. I think I got one at the 2010 GE but maybe my memory is playing tricks on me.
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forkboy84 posted:If you're wealthy enough to gently caress off at the election of a Tory you're probably not likely to get hosed that badly by them. I was broke when I left the UK in 2010 having not had a steady job for about 9 months. it's really not that hard to move to another country if you travel light and want to make it happen.
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big scary monsters posted:The Conservative Party: the brand so toxic that even we're ashamed of ourselves. MikeCrotch posted:anarcho-syndaclist Nottingham
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JFairfax posted:I was broke when I left the UK in 2010 having not had a steady job for about 9 months. I'm starting my move to another country tomorrow, as I promised previously in the thread I'm going to keep track of my expenses and post in a month or two what it cost me. I think last time it was about £2k over a couple of months but I didn't track it exactly. This time I think it might be a bit less.
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big scary monsters posted:I'm starting my move to another country tomorrow, as I promised previously in the thread I'm going to keep track of my expenses and post in a month or two what it cost me. I think last time it was about £2k over a couple of months but I didn't track it exactly. This time I think it might be a bit less. It's not so bad in most countries, though moving to the UK can be a pain (not that anyone in this thread is likely to). You have to deal with not being able to get a bank account without an address/people not wanting to rent to you without a UK bank account (and sometimes a host of other things, like rental history and references), plus most places will charge you 6-12 months rent up front if you're a forrign without a domestic guarantor. To be fair I heard that also happens in New York and Japan, but I'm not sure that says much in favour of it. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 16:09 on May 4, 2017 |
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LemonDrizzle posted:https://twitter.com/MrSteerpike/status/860074687224852482 I live there, the entire campaign here has been CORBYN BAD MAY GOOD also your current Labour MP didn't take care of that trash business in camden what gives??? It's a 1k majority for Labour, so it's probably not going to go well despite the tories' lovely campaign.
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ukle posted:Does CCHQ know about this? As this is heretical talk against her Holiness Thatcher and should be punished. Conservative local councillors have a pretty loose rein on them to let them campaign on local issues.
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LemonDrizzle posted:https://twitter.com/MrSteerpike/status/860074687224852482 Is that even a real loving photo? Have they just photoshopped May into everything? That girls' smiling and May looks like she's looking right through her
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Private Speech posted:It's not so bad in most countries, though moving to the UK can be a pain (not that anyone in this thread is likely to). You have to deal with not being able to get a bank account without an address/people not wanting to rent to you without a UK bank account (and sometimes a host of other things, like rental history and references), plus most places will charge you 6-12 months rent up front if you're a forrign without a domestic guarantor. Ah yes, the "loop of doom" we called it. In our case the entry point into the loop of doom was the flat - they didn't care about a bank account so long as they got their money. Other countries may vary.
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Miftan posted:I live there, the entire campaign here has been CORBYN BAD MAY GOOD also your current Labour MP didn't take care of that trash business in camden what gives??? It's a 1k majority for Labour, so it's probably not going to go well despite the tories' lovely campaign. Well that campaign at least proposes a solution to Corbyn bad. This tread can only manage the first bit.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Conservative local councillors have a pretty loose rein on them to let them campaign on local issues. Hes not a prospective Councillor, hes going for the job of Mayor of a region that has 100's of thousands of people in it i.e. the role actually has a bit of power. Its really bizarre that their is still someone in the Tory party of any significance that hasn't fully drank the Thatcher kool-aid.
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ukle posted:Hes not a prospective Councillor, hes going for the job of Mayor of a region that has 100's of thousands of people in it i.e. the role actually has a bit of power. Its really bizarre that their is still someone in the Tory party of any significance that hasn't fully drank the Thatcher kool-aid. It's weird that for a group of people with an above average interest in politics there's such little awareness of what the Conservative party looks like on the inside. It's incredibly factional, and the PM right now is an anti-Thatcher market interventionist. Not in a left wing sense that this thread appreciates, obviously, but have you not noticed the number of Miliband policies from 2015 that have been straight up lifted for the Conservative 2017 manifesto? There are plenty of Tories who are free-market enthusiasts in the grand scheme of things and don't see any tension with that and having a bucket list of specific state interventions they'd like to see.
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winegums posted:Is that even a real loving photo? Have they just photoshopped May into everything? That girls' smiling and May looks like she's looking right through her I think 'thinly veiled contempt' is her default face
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Jose posted:I've received a letter from a debt collection agency about outstanding british gas payment. I paid british gas' final bill after changing suppliers am I going to get spammed by these people if i reply? never reply, debt collection agencies are loving atrocious at their paperwork and if it's not in order you don't owe them poo poo. Don't help the bastards. Don't contact them if you're paid up either, that's their business for buying poo poo debts.
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Bobstar posted:Ah yes, the "loop of doom" we called it. In our case the entry point into the loop of doom was the flat - they didn't care about a bank account so long as they got their money. Other countries may vary. When my partner moved over from France the bank wouldn't accept a written declaration from me as proof of address (I own the flat, so no letting agent, and bank with the bank so they could obviously check their own records to verify I live there) and insisted we get a utility or council tax bill with her name on it for "security/fraud" reasons I pointed out that neither the utility companies or council would perform any checks and just take our word for it they just looked at us blankly and reiterated it was for security reasons.
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Tigey posted:I think 'thinly veiled contempt' is her default face Her default face doesn't have the veil. Witness the woman eating chips like she's licking piss off a nettle.
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Jose posted:I've received a letter from a debt collection agency about outstanding british gas payment. I paid british gas' final bill after changing suppliers am I going to get spammed by these people if i reply? Yeah probably. I had one and told them to gently caress off but still get things periodically. Try just ignoring them from the start and they'll probably give up faster.
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So um, after 1.9 years of legal back and forths, one appeal, and countless thousands of pounds spent, I have apparently just been granted UK citizenship. Just got off the phone with my lawyer. This dirty EU person is now allowed to legally moan about the weather and complain about everything.  Omfg I'll be able to vote in the upcoming general election.
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awesome-express posted:So um, after 1.9 years of legal back and forths, one appeal, and countless thousands of pounds spent, I have apparently just been granted UK citizenship. Just got off the phone with my lawyer. This dirty EU person is now allowed to legally moan about the weather and complain about everything. Grouchio fucked around with this message at 16:42 on May 4, 2017 |
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Lord of the Llamas posted:When my partner moved over from France the bank wouldn't accept a written declaration from me as proof of address (I own the flat, so no letting agent, and bank with the bank so they could obviously check their own records to verify I live there) and insisted we get a utility or council tax bill with her name on it for "security/fraud" reasons I pointed out that neither the utility companies or council would perform any checks and just take our word for it they just looked at us blankly and reiterated it was for security reasons. Haha, yes, I think I've mentioned this before, but much as I don't trust any British government not to leave a hypothetical ID database on a train, there is a certain convenience to being officially registered as living somewhere/existing, with a magic number that unlocks services.
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awesome-express posted:So um, after 1.9 years of legal back and forths, one appeal, and countless thousands of pounds spent, I have apparently just been granted UK citizenship. Just got off the phone with my lawyer. This dirty EU person is now allowed to legally moan about the weather and complain about everything. Congratulations!  Sorry our fellow countrymen are such anti-forriner arseholes.
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Jose posted:I've received a letter from a debt collection agency about outstanding british gas payment. I paid british gas' final bill after changing suppliers am I going to get spammed by these people if i reply? I'd call British Gas and not the debt collection bastards.
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Bobstar posted:Haha, yes, I think I've mentioned this before, but much as I don't trust any British government not to leave a hypothetical ID database on a train, there is a certain convenience to being officially registered as living somewhere/existing, with a magic number that unlocks services. Like an electoral register, perhaps? awesome-express posted:When I was opening a business bank account I tried doing it through HSBC. They told me they needed statements from my personal bank account for *security* reasons. I do personal banking with HSBC, and they said they can't accept HSBC statements.  The thing with personal banking is that it's really hard to do lots of things without a bank account and you don't want to have to piss about for a week or two gathering their arbitrary evidence when you can present perfectly reasonable evidence to the immediately!
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Jose posted:I've received a letter from a debt collection agency about outstanding british gas payment. I paid british gas' final bill after changing suppliers am I going to get spammed by these people if i reply? (running a credit check may effect your credit rating blah blah)
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awesome-express posted:So um, after 1.9 years of legal back and forths, one appeal, and countless thousands of pounds spent, I have apparently just been granted UK citizenship. Just got off the phone with my lawyer. This dirty EU person is now allowed to legally moan about the weather and complain about everything. Congratulations, I hope that when I get around to my application it won't take as long..
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awesome-express posted:I have apparently just been granted UK citizenship. No backsies!
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Miftan posted:Congratulations, I hope that when I get around to my application it won't take as long.. Thank you. I had a non-standard background of opening companies and travelling a lot to generate investment for said entrepreneurial ventures. Getting consistent p45s/p60s was nigh impossible, topped with a very complex travel history, created the legal conundrum that I was stuck in. If you're interested, I can introduce you to my lawyer who will help you out through this process.
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awesome-express posted:Thank you. I had a non-standard background of opening companies and travelling a lot to generate investment for said entrepreneurial ventures. Getting consistent p45s/p60s was nigh impossible, topped with a very complex travel history, created the legal conundrum that I was stuck in. If you're still posting here in a couple of years sure. My process might be a headache yet due to multiple visas that keep changing, but either way I'm not at 5 years yet so here's hoping. Appreciate the offer either way!
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