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Britons Leaving Australia?

Boyana — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:10:04 +0000

A great number of Britons are leaving Australia recently, but the same activity is seen among the Australians who live in the United Kingdom– they are returning home as well.

The strong bound between Australiaand theU.K.has been a well-known fact for many years now. As a result, thousands of Britons have immigrated toAustralia, and a huge number of Australians have been coming to the U.K. Recently, however, both sides are massively returning back to their home countries. What could be the reasons for this phenomenon?

Britons in Australia

Britons are attracted mainly by the weather inAustralia– many dream of an outdoor life, sunny days, barbeque …

UK Employment Update

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:17:57 +0000

The UK unemployment rate worried economists as it rose from 7.8% to 7.9% from February through April.

The difference is only 0.1% but it equals 23,000 jobless people, which increased the total unemployment number to 2.47 million.

In addition, official statistics also showed that those out of work and not seeking employment also rose with 29,000 during the same period – or 21.5% of the working age population.

Experts say that the UK’s austerity measures will increase unemployment even more because part of the spending cuts will affect the public sector employment.

John Walker, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said:

“The …

English Slang

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:25:21 +0000

UK Slang

BANGERS–Sausages. A very common meal is BANGERS and MASH (sausages and mashed potatoes). The sausages are called BANGERS because they will burst if you do not pierce them while they are cooking

BOBBY–Policeman in the UK. The term came from Robert Peel, the “inventor” of the policeman

BROLLY–Umbrella

CORKING–Excellent; splendid.Often used sarcastically

ELEVENSES–Morning coffee (TEA) break

LOLLY– Popsicle

NIPPER–A young boy, a kid

SACK–To fire from a job

SPEND A PENNY–To go to the toilet. From the days when public conveniences required a penny to be put in the slot to enter

WELLIES–WELLINGTONS. Rubber …

Immigrating to the UK might become harder

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:37:13 +0000

On May 7, the Conservative party won the elections with the majority of the votes—10,706,647. If the conservatives keep their promises about better immigration control, they will tighten up the rules for everybody who wants to enter and stay in the country.

They will supposedly start monitoring closely immigrants from outside the European Union coming in for economic reasons; introduce stricter rules for UK student visas; apply English language test for non-EU immigrants entering the country to get married, and reduce illegal immigration.

It will soon become obvious whether the plan will work out or not. We only hope for clarity …

Labour Party on Immigration

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:45:50 +0000

The Labour party believe that controlled immigration has a positive effect on the country. Based on the years of experience, they are confident they have done a lot of positive changes in the immigrant rules. They are implementing “a new Australian-style points-based immigration system,” which will help to let only the skilled immigrants in the country—to help build a stronger economy, per www.labour.org.uk.

They promise that by the end of 2010, in addition to the 100% biometric visas and ID cards for foreign nationals, they will start electric border controls to count people in and out of the country. In order to gain positive …