bye bye UK
Lottie:
August 27th, 2006
The Sunday Times went with the headline today that 1 in 5 (that’s 10 million) British working adults would consider emigrating to another country in order to escape the high levels of taxation in this country. this revealing survey was conducted independently by ICM, the polling company, but my question is, how was the poll actually presented to those questioned? If someone asked me if i’d prefer to live somewhere with lower taxes i’d probably say yes as long as there were decent public services. There is also a difference between choosing emigration and giving it “serious thought” as the survey puts it. Although this poll no doubt provides a revealing account of public feeling, there must be a line drawn between speculation and action and there certainly will be other factors than tax at play in people’s decision to emigrate. Only 6% of people polled actually do plan to emigrate and i’d be interested to know where exactly these people want to go and why. the most popular destinations for British emigrants are the USA, Germany and Australia, i wonder if it is all just about the money…