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I cant go back to Germany as i had a little problem in the old East Germany a few years ago and was arrested, the krauts and me dont get on !thumbsdown!

warren zevon rip wrote:

> planeterotica wrote:
>
> > I cant go back to Germany as i had a little problem in the
> old
> > East Germany a few years ago and was arrested, the krauts and
> > me dont get on
>
> Yer not missing much economically speaking:
>
>
> Race riots in Germany are normal, very rare here, perhaps due
> to the economic opportunities available to all.
>
> Immigrants from Poland move straight to Britain, bypassing the
> alleged attractions of Germany, because real wages are higher
> here and there are more jobs.

planeterotica wrote:

That is where i was arrested close to the German/Polish border and i can assure you that this part of Germany is as close to grim as you can get !thumbsdown!


>

Caractacus wrote:

> The faults in the health and education systems, the inability
> to deal with the systematic scroungers, and the problems
> associated with the new influx of immigrants, all of these will
> cast a huge shadow on Blair's regime.

Blair and the Labour Government have a good record on health and education. In health, the huge investment they have put in over the last ten years has drastically reduced waiting lists, ended the annual winter health crisis we used to get and seen a big improvement in hospital facilities, A&E units, doctors' surgeries etc. In schools, huge sums have been invested in modernising school buildings and standards are up too.

No, it's not perfect and, if someone said there were too many reorganisations in health, I'd agree with them.

Again, compared to the Thatcher/Major years, things are much better in both health, education and (from my point of view) pretty much everything else. But of course Blair and co have made mistakes - and the biggest is sadly Iraq.

If the Tories get in and start cutting public expenditure, I suspect a lot of people will suddenly feel a lot fonder of Tony Blair and his Government than they do now.

Im sure the Krauts wished they had never arrested me as i reminded them of the war just as soon as they surrounded me which of course upset them, anyway after a lot of deliberation and a hefty fine which i have never paid they took me to Berlin and put me on a plane to Heathrow which was a fucking insult as my car was still parked at Gatwick !thumbsdown!