Why Expats are Boycotting Britain...
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Just last night I was browsing RUclips when I saw a clip of John Cleese the legendary English actor on Good Morning Britain.
In the video, John Cleese was talking about why he is boycotting Britain. He spoke about the press among other things but he also echoed the true thoughts and feelings that I commonly encounter speaking to a lot of British and Western expats who are living here in Thailand.
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I´ve been in England for the last 3-4 years and I agree with what he is saying. Rules everywhere, warning messages everywhere, government getting in your business. I´m moving to Asia in a few months.
Smart decision.
Spot on mate . TheUK IS A SHOT HOLE. I HAVE RETIRED HERE IN THAILAND NOW FOR 16 YEARS AND NEVER SEEN TWO THAIS FIGHTING. THEY ARE THE MOST FRIENDLY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. I LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KORAT
I am in Chiang Mai retired and I have left the UK for all the things you said, you are 100%. cannot add to it.
Me too, from Israel
Hi Bill. I am retiring soon and I am thinking of emigrating. Is there anyway we can hook up as I would like to chat with you ? Thanks.
Is Chiang Mai a cheap place to live?
Nice to hear someone that isn't anti free speech, free thought, free thinking, private property, etc.
I am ending my 3 month visit in Chiang Mai and I’m dreading going backwards to the States. I’ve made so many new friend that this is home now. Going to visit the states a few month then coming back home to Thailand to the no drama zone....
I know how you feel. I spent a month in the Philippines and it was so calm. I dreaded coming back here. Everything is so stressful and there is a never ending political battle for control of this country. The media literally tries to make us stressed by creating non stop hysteria.
Come to Bansko, Bulgaria.
Yes I feel so much freedom when I go to Thailand it's like a breath of fresh air
I was in Pattaya in 2019 and hung out with a lot of British expats. They kept telling me that England is not the country they grew up in. They said also to me. Whatever you Yanks do, don't give up your guns! A major reason I left to the Pacific territories are the same. The US and west are going in the wrong direction. Political correctness has castrated our culture! You nail it on immigration too!
100% agree with you. I sponsored my ex-wife from China to migrate to USA, and I was as a US Citizen, (Disabled, honorably discharged veteran), treated like a criminal, being forced to show years of financial records, taxes, and go through criminal background checks with my wife, and numerous interviews, as well as paying over $6,000 in fees! I have illegal alien neighbors being given subsidized rent, COVID payments food stamps and so on! Thank you Biden and Obama! Going through Thai immigration I had respect that they honor their own borders, language and culture! I have never been to Europe, but seeing where it is going, I have no desire. Bad enough going back to the US mainland. At least we have Texas and Florida.
The only thing to me about Thailand, that I see as a negative is you can't own firearms there.
You even get Parking tickets for overstaying at a.supermarket or gym car park. My nephew got two parking tickets at £80 each just for forgetting to register his car at the gym despite him being a member. Can you imagine that in Thailand!!
I drive around London every day for my job and I’ve got parking fines coming out my ears, for driving down a wrong road or I’m in a wrong lane? Apparently? Exceeded the parking in the supermarket by 5 mins? Another fine. It’s mental , I need out the rat race
I got a £60 ticket at Toby's Carvery (I forgot to enter my car registration on the machine, and nobody reminded me).
As a french white guy, I can totally relate to your video. You know what, I think white western men should have the "refugee" status in other countries. We just escape from the imposed multi-culturalism which will destroy us. (And feminazis ). Asian countries have to be aware of that and not fall into this multi-culturalism trap.
hhahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha........hahahaha.......haha
100 % agree. Emigrated to UK from Poland in 2005. Worked my a$$ off for years and now we have people living in nicer houses, only because they don't like their own country.
100% true. I’ve been saying exactly the same for years. I can’t wait to move to Thailand.
US is headed the same way as the UK. Doesn't matter which party is in control government just keeps getting bigger at the cost of our freedoms.
This has been my biggest point since I left the US: it's violent, you never feel safe and then everything is so expensive! What are you paying so much money for? To constantly feel threatened and ignored? There's a real reason so many Americans are overdosing on drugs
England used to be such a proud country now it's getting a bit embarrassing !! From England !!
I left the UK when it was taken over
I agree, currently living in London and its a crime ridden shithole. Criminals are openly stealing motorbikes and mobile phone in broad daylight, theres usually at least one stabbing murder or acid attack each day, most crime isn`t even investigated. And me being the honest working and tax paying citizen with a home address is constantly targeted for parking, driving etc. I have never felt unsafe in Thailand which s why i will be living there in the next few months.
2nd time watching this 2 years later. The state is broken and we are in a police state I live in Australia and our freedoms are getting taken away, Australia has abandoned at least over 35,000 citizens stuck overseas and government closed the borders, they are preventing Citizens from leaving their own country, theirs only one other country in the world has that same rule and that’s North Korea. During this illness, we have one case and they lock their state down, with mandatory lockdowns and mask wearing etc. Police just love issuing fines especially in Victoria. When it this began over a year ago, one lady put on fb about having a protest in her town and the police turned up and arrested the pregnant lady. It’s also the same here in Australia, pre plandemic takes in 40000 (so) called refugees, people that never assimilate, Gangs of Sudanese roam Melbourne bashing and robbing people, it barely gets on the news, or if it does it doesn’t mention their ethnicity. I found in my first time in my life peace and serenity in Thailand. I wish I could retire to my wife’s village in central Thailand. But she thinks coming to Australia, will be better, I keep telling her that just because you get higher wages compared to Thailand, the government also likes to take a fair share and the cost of living is expensive.
hate aus so much, id rather be dead then live in aus. hope to live in thai soon
It is just as bad in the States now. I am planning my move to Thailand for retirement. The US southern border is now wide open, and people are pooring into the country. They want us to pay for all these people. Crime is out of hand in most of the State's major cities.
Myself and two other expats in a car in Bangkok needing directions. We stopped and asked a young lady where the place was. She said she was going there too could she get a lift. She hopped in and gave directions, and went on her way once we arrived. Imagine that in London or New York.
hi brett its the same in australia cant do this cant do that ,, fines ,, cost of living ,, being ripped of by banks ,,getting ripped off in general at least i can travel 2/3 times a year to get away from the bullshit
I don’t really consider London to be part of England anymore.
Getting housing in the Netherlands is absolutely impossible and I could no longer stand to see my government bend forward for massimmigration. Just come in, we give you a passport, free housing and financial aid. I'm not going to delve into details but gosh am I glad that I moved to Thailand. After spending MONTHS and MONTHS doing daily phone calls, emails, house viewings, etc with no luck in my home country, I came to Chiang Mai (thanks to you) and managed to get an awesome apartment within a day. No hassle no bullshit. I'm also saving money, the temperature is nice, the people are nice and I feel a lot safer here. Best decision of my life. I want to see more of Asia and see where I like it best, but gosh Chiang Mai already made me realize I never want to go back to Europe. Hungary seems like a pretty good place too because they are against massimmigration also which is the main reason why they aren't able to become a part of the EU.
I have a friend from the Netherlands he says it's the same in both UK & NL. Both are impossible. I have a decent job and even I am struggling to buy a property.
@@JamesWilliam70 Oh man this is awesome. It's been 5 years now and I'm still in Thailand. My business has gotten very successful over the years, I got married and bought some property and adopted strays. We're having kids in a few years. None of this would've ever been possible back home. The situation has only gotten worse too. I'm not bitter no more, just glad to be here. I hope the best for everybody. Massive thanks to Brett for originally motivating me to move to Thailand.
I agreed. I live in the states all my life. I’m counting the days for my business to be sold so I can move to Chiangmai. Great video.
I agree with every word. Well said.
Nice video man, hit the nail right on the head, liked and subbed.
Very interesting point about crime. We have sadly become used to high levels of crime, and people are afraid of who is behind most of it.
Spot on with a lot of your comments again mate! Never felt threatened In Chiang Mai every time I've been there. Main reason I'm moving there asp. Proud to be English but not proud of the country it's fast becoming. 😣
Brett, you are right but please stop trying to talk people into moving to Thailand. Do you really want Thailand filled up with more Westerners? All of the great towns in the U.S. are now ruined because they were featured as great places in the media so millions of people moved to them and over populated them.
That's what worries me about all these 'Thailand is amazing videos'. We left foreign countries because of the westerners think and here it's better. The more people come, the more 'western' this will become, just look at the food choices; I don't want fast food ever again.
@s n Totally agree. I'm a Los Angeles native (Pomona actually) and it is no longer the great area that it once was. Leaving was the best decision I ever made.
Every day in Britain is just so depressing , your dead right in what your saying and its going down the shit pan quick, been to Thailand 4 times now definitely thinking about what you said.
Brett, my son is 31 and heading to Chiang Mai to teach English. We both agree with your sentiment . I am 66 planning to sell our house in Destin , Fl after Christmas when my daughter returns to Australia after the Christmas break. We spent 2 months in Thailand this year and felt totally free and empowered . Everyone was nice and if they didn't understand they just smiled . I certainly can't afford to live here because I get a full U.K. Pension, the social security deducted $600 from my huge US pension of $1400, so how you are supposed to live on 625 pounds + $800 month in the west? Medical insurance is $450 a month . Crazy ,anyhow as soon as I can downsize I am heading to the land of smile. Thanks for the great vids you got me in the ranting mood. Lol
Brett, I can relate to everything you are saying. I live 40 N of Chicago. It is safer in a war zone. I metal detect (for 30 years now) in the parks in Chicago and have to carry a gun (45ACP) to protect myself. There are cameras everywhere even in the country on dirt roads. What the hell is this?
I plan on moving to the Philippines in a couple of years with my Philippino wife. It is just too costly to live here.
I visit my wife in Thailand 3 months out of each year. With all that's going on in the states now, I may retire as soon as I am eligible and move tp Thailand, which will be at the end of the next school year.
Yeah, totally agree on all counts. Currently living in London and I see it all :-(
Great video Brett. I hope you don't get flagged for it which would not be too surprising nowadays.
At somepoint in time, I recommend you to visit India.
They show all crap about us in western media.
I'll be in India early next year.
The grass is always greener on the neighbor´s side...
Crap people will only attract crap things in their life Period.
Crap people will only attract crap things? Crap people will also CAUSE crap things and this country is filled with crap people. Unfortunately even those who are polite and respectful have to face this crap because they're surrounded by it everywhere. There is no "give respect and take respect" here. You give respect and the other guy shits on you because he has no basic courtesy or decency. For a simple and clear example just look at the way people drive here, especially in metros like Bangalore. People have no regard for the rules or other drivers. Everyone only cares about themselves reaching their destination as fast as possible even if it means cutting off 9000 other people on the way. This mentality applies to everything in their lives, not just the driving on the road.
Hey Mayank, I'm planning a road trip in India next year, the famous Manali-Leh-Ladakh trip. It will be my first time in India but my family (mum and gran etc.) have been many times and say it's their fave place, they love it. Looking forward to it!
What about English women too dude.... not all but allot of them are very entitled feminists... I honestly think I’m another 20 years feminism is going to be considered as bad as misogyny.
Would love to live in Thailand can't stand it in the UK funny enough I'm from Essex to
David me too from Essex ....Been living in Thailand 4 years now ...just turned 59...Love my life here....A year ago your message.....Hopefully your here now....if not don’t leave it forever...
Great video, I completely agree with your video. I am an expat living in Czech Republic with an eye to moving to Chiang mai. I left the UK.for all the reasons you stated. I will happily never return to the UK. Great to see the honesty of your videos. Great job!👍😁
The is no part of my life her in the states that really has been to my benefit. Not jobs, not family, not friends, not school/uni, not housing and more. I couldn't even rent an apartment in NJ with 1 years rent in cash up front.
I could wander around Bangkok piss up in the small hours but I definitely wouldn’t in the Medway towns!
I'm not sure that the crime can be attributed to immigration. I worked with people in the 70's who left Britain to go to NZ because of the violent crime and corruption. Think the Crays and all the gang warfare, the mods and rockers, soccer hooligans and the Irish blowing up parts of England. One friend worked for the Crays and moved to NZ because he could see an early death being on the cards.
I find it a bit ironic that those criticising immigrants are themselves going to other countries and becoming what they are complaining about.
It's Krays with a K
I don't believe this person is telling the truth. There is no irony, he is a law abiding immigrant.
For all Americans, like myself, John Cleese voiced the king in Shrek 2.
I've seen videos suggesting that crossing the road is stupidly dangerous in Thailand. The video was shot in Bangkok, and the cars didn't stop for anyone, even though there was a cross-walk permitting them to walk. Are things like that in other Thai cities?
1ex1uger bangkok is extremely busy, chiang mai has got a lot worse over the last 10 years. There are smaller towns which are a lot quieter. Never trust a cross walk, it means nothing. Red lights don’t always mean stop, depending on the thai signage with them and even when they do, people often drive through them. Thailand is number two for traffic accidents in the world according to WHO www.searo.who.int/thailand/areas/roadsafety/en/. Some reports say it is number one. But don’t let this stop you from visiting, it is a great country in many ways. Just use your common sense when you cross the roads and don’t rent a vehicle unless you have the appropriate licence.
Those of us that support Trump do so in part because he is fighting against the things you mention here. Great video!
True. I'm worried about America after Trump, when the crazies get back power.
Yeah those trillion dollar deficits are great. Trump is more of the same.
I didn't vote for Don(ABSOLUTELY don't vote for Clinton either), and I dont like many things Don says or how he goes about things(many things I do like), but we Americans want OUR REPRESENTATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, not the illegal anti American "swamp."
Interesting perspective, I think most people would class Thailand as a 2nd world country rather than a third world one though...
2nd world would have been the old communist block. 3rd world is a term from the cold war era. It's outdated, but people still use it to describe the developing world.
@@Patrick-sv7pk spot on.
Patrick, i”ve just come back from Ukraine, now that’s definitely a second world country in my view - the average salary is circa $400 a month if you’re lucky... to me I’d still class Thailand as a second world country with some good 1st world infrastructure and pockets of wealth thrown in. To me third word is the Philippines and Cambodia in comparison to Thailand.
Well said brother.
Totally agree bud try coming up north (Middlesbrough)as an example .love ha work
Hey Brett, Do you have any advice for a mechanical engineer who wants to become a DN?
Yeah, apply for mechanical engineering jobs wherever you want to live. I've met dozens of people who work for oil companies, etc, all over the place.
tnx, but I want always to go from place to another place, one who works for a company is not a NOMAD.
@@pooyaaghaei1021 You could pivot. For example, your credentials as a mechanical engineer could open opportunities for you as a writer in a relative industry. You might also be able to find freelance work as a remote mechanical engineer or consultant. Or you could learn how to code, or copywrite, or start a business. Easier said than done, but doable.
Before leaving country, what necessary steps should take to travel consistently? Is that possible to earn and run from freelancing?
march or april im getting out the depressing uk and moving to thailand
Amen, brother.
It's not as bad in Norway with the immigrants, but everything else is pretty much the same. That's why I left Norway.
I live in Canada same thing is happening here. The crime rate has gone crazy. Rent and property is way to high and not affordable. Jobs are almost impossible. It is called the United Nations Replacement Migration check the UN website.
Watching this now in June 2023...at breaking point.
i'm from Birmingham... you can only imagine how ridiculous it is.
Hi Brett I'm from Kolkata, and the same thing are happening here. Police men are so corrupted that You can't drive a whole day without having multiple tickets and I better not talk about the crimes. I feel like hitting a dead end and being a software dev finally looking for remote works just to avoid the roads and harassments.
Hi Brett,
First off, thanks for all the advice you share on this channel, it's very interesting and inspiring.
I wholeheartedly agree with what you mention in this video. I live in Reading, England. I currently pay £1250 per month rent including bills for a 1 bedroom flat in the biggest shit hole of an area. In the 6 months I've lived here I've called 999 twice. Once when I saw a stabbing outside my flat, and once when a man put his girlfriend's head through a bus stop shelter. I also caught somebody smoking crack whilst trying to get into my neighbours flat and had to chase him off with a 9 iron. Most nights there is shouting and general disorderly behaviour from drunken people who crawl the streets with cans of extra strength alcohol, still I'm yet to see a Police Officer on my street in 6 months. I'm sandwiched between two mosques, have a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre next door as well as a halal butcher and a shop with only Polish signage, no English, so Christ knows what goes on in there. I feel like I'm in another country at times. I've been to Thailand four times this year for a few weeks at a time and, of course I do not live there and I am only on holiday, but, I feel a lot safer there than I do in "Great" Britain. I am honestly astounded by British people who think our society is a model for others to follow and that somehow Thailand is "third world" or inferior. Basil Fawlty is right, we are shielded from the real state of our country by a media with its own agenda. I hope one day we can moan about the state of our country together over a cold Chang!
Great Vlog Brett , totally agree
Besides immigration all these problems sound the same when it comes to the USA and even worse because criminals here are ALL armed with guns and in big cities like New York it's most definitely a police state.
You get a ticket for every tiny little thing, it's a miserable existence.
Canada has become all of the things you mentioned here Brett, As soon as I am able to leave and get proper visa's, your neck of the woods may be my first place to go, there or Da Nang. Commonwealth countries are cancelled.
In the states, a astronaut had to apologize this week for quoting Winston Churchill. It has now become normal to hold all people in history to today's values.
I would love to leave Australia but out communist government won’t let us
Agree on almost all your points
Great info and awesome attitude!
Brett where in Essex did you live mate?
very good video Brett. the same things happen here in sweden too .
Spot on! I don't wanna dump on England because there's so much I love, but I don't want to stick around, witness and watch the decline of such a great nation. I did try to get involved with the Tories, UKIP and Brexit Party for years, but the British people are fairly clueless, indifferent or don't care as to what is happening. A lost cause.
I know this is an old video but it’s crazy how similar this sounds to the states...
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this situation. I totally agree with you. I am from Canada and some of is call Canada, Sweden 2.0
That made me wonder, in America and Canada the coasts are the absolute worst for socialism; California, British Columbia. Are there regions of Thailand that are more conservative and areas that are very liberal?
Unfortunatly the UK let in faaaaar toooo many Low value charactors whilest in the US High Value charactors are preferd above anything else. Spot on with your video dude. Subbed! 😉👍🏾
John Cleese.....Monty Python...'nuff said
Here here... well said Brett
That was very interesting to hear makes sense.
This is very relatable, I hope when I become an adult that I can move to Thailand as fast as possible. Would like to do comics on the side, might do computer stuff in Bangkok like you have talked about after my 4 years in the service (ironic, huh? Haha)
This is the truth
I agree
Here, here!
If you'd be up for doing a recorded conversation it could make for some good content and help put things in perspective for those trapped in the UK. I think we'd agree on many points and we'd actually be able to speak freely given that we're posting from Thailand...
Sent a message to your Facebook page
I agree too uk has practically gone to the dogs, you can't do this, you can't do that, its now governed by a set of hard fast rules, people just complain about everything you do, one dare not even move now, or say anything, in fear of upsetting someone, the other day i was on a bus and was talking quite quietly to someone, and i overheard someone on that bus as i passed say, doesn't he talk alot, also i told some kids to make a little less noise underneath my window, and unbelievably the police paid me a visit in the eavning, god i hate that country, it never used to be like this!!! I'm so tgankful that i left it, it's now f....d as far as i'm concerned!!
It's why we Americans elected Trump. The hard left media puts him down constantly, which is most of the media in the U.S. But under Trump the economy is booming. He stands up for the average working person. What else would a citizen want. It's somewhat of a last stand for us. We see what has happened to the UK and Europe.
Would you do a video in banking in Thailand. I know it's not exciting but it's a basic concern for someone who wants to visit/stay in Thailand.
Hey Merrill, I actually have an article on banking and opening a bank account as a foreigner here: www.askchiangmai.com/how-to-open-a-bank-account-in-thailand-for-foreigners/
Just because there are lots of cameras to monitor reckless drivers, doesn't mean it's a police state.
i think its crime and welfare going hand in hand not crime and immigration
Thank you for talking about this. When racist people talked about this immigration thing in UK, I didn't believe them. But because it came from you I believe it now ~ that the claim that immigration system in UK is messed up is a legit and accurate claim.
This video may not have been a troll, but it has certainly had that effect
And in the 🐦 wildlife birds 🐦
U.K. has become brown town...
I 'd love to live there, but I'm too old now at 54 and too poor. You need money and plenty of it.
Basically agree with all this, maybe not some of the terminologies. Police state, to me, means something akin to Nazi Germany or the KGB in Russia. I agree with you about the CCTV and all that shit, but proper policing in almost non-existent as we see from all the stabbings going on especially in London (4 police stabbed this past weekend). All they are interested in is fleecing motorists and the like because it's easy. Bit arse about face with the Cleese thing. What started it all was the press and other things followed. I follow him on twitter and he's been banging on about the UK press since the big hacking scandals. I'm much older than you, Brett, so it seems even worse to me what has become of the UK and the west in general. My childhood in Yorkshire from 1955-1973 seems like a life lived on another planet now. Thailand still has some of the values that I benefitted from in my youth.
also the rents, and the greedy landlords in london is completely out of control
the government has not done anything to keep property prices in check. imo they should ban private ownership of more than 1 property if for commercial purposes (i.e. buy to let landlords which are the scum of the earth)
It's a Fine country
Word!
yes ! insecurity of the western world is criminally exploited by the western world . unlike Thailand if you want to live simple you can . your a lucky guy ! just as here in Australia . a police state . police feel intimidated by me , because I expose there misconduct .
No doubt that what you say about Britain is correct but ... If I were you, I wouldn't compare other western countries with the UK. I spent a lot of time in Thailand and it is absolutely a nice enough country but it isn't better to live than Belgium. Belgium is not perfect but still OK. Life is not terribly expensive, social security is decent, it is not a police state, food is excellent, traffic is rather safe, young people do not fall dead drunk on the street after a night out, teenage pregnacy is not a nation wide problem, we have no part of the country where a referendum for independence was held and we get along with the EU.
Brett for PM!
true true
Great video albeit depressing as fuck.We're lucky we have Trump in the states.
Don't forget the money of England you are in Thailand. God bless england
👍
How old are you
Too old...
england is a great place to live ---------------- if your an immigrant , free housing, free health care and money from the uk tax payer . i also cant wait to move out to thailand.
Britan was wers in the 70s I left 78 you didn't get put injail then you disapered !!! what happend to England ?
You forgot to mention in Chiang Mai the bars and restaurants not being able to sell alcohol between 2 to 4 pm and all the bars have to close at midnight which is strictly inforced by the police also if you ride a motorbike and go through one of the frequent police checks you will get a fine because you are a foreigner
Agree, europe is getting more nd more islamofobik