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stripeysydney wrote:

> Before these latest incidences with indonesia,not to mention
> the Bali bombing,i read that Australia was all for cozying up
> to the ASEAN countries especially Indonesia, and to basically
> say fuck you to Great Britain[i even saw an Aussie dj say this
> on a crap sky travel documentry].
> I see now they want to get to know us again, and want our
> skills over there, kind of ironic after bad-mouthing us for
> years.

Some of my best friends are pommy bastards ! But seriously...I am sad that you think we convicts were ever going to turn our grubby backs on you and run off with the Asians. That was what our trendy politicians were saying about 10 to 15 years ago when it looked like South-East Asia was going to be the regional power-house. We unwashed masses never felt comfortable with that and I think it was one of the minor reasons a conservative government was elected here in '96 and has been cemented there since.

I've only been to Britain once for a few weeks and fuckin' LOVED it. I felt right at home. I've had to spend far more time in China ( because of my job ) and fuckin' HATED it.

That chick on The Bill - Beth Cordingly - well, even if England had nothing else going for it, she alone would make it a great country. Ohhhh those rude lips.

Cheers,
Deano!

Australians have a much easier time coming to the UK than UK citizens do going to Australia. An Australian with British grandparents (and there are an awful lot) can come and live here on a UK Ancestry Visa, 4 years initially and then have the option to stay permanently, and they don't need to possess any skills or qualifications ... giving access to the whole EU after British residency is attained. UK citizens have no real reciprocal arrangements - they have to be under 45 and have specific skills to stand a chance of staying permanently in Australia, which rules out a lot of people. A bit unfair to benefit from the commonwealth, but deny the mother country equal numbers who may want to go the other way.