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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Knowlegeseeking: 9:13pm On Oct 09, 2024
Elders Good evening.

I’m currently looking for a broadband-only deal, and I’ve noticed that my living room has both Virgin Media and Openreach fibre cables installed. After checking online, it seems that Virgin Media offers the fastest connection in my area.

However, I’m a bit confused by the different speed options and their varying prices. Could you advise me on what I should prioritize when choosing a plan? I’m hoping to find a good balance between speed and affordability, as the prices seem quite high.

At the moment, I’m using an unlimited data plan on my sim from Three, but the network performance is poor, which has made working from home difficult. My contract with Three expires at the end of this month, so I’m considering switching to Virgin Media for broadband.

For context, I don’t watch live TV—I mostly stream YouTube and Netflix, and I usually connect my TV via hotspot.

Any guidance you can offer on selecting the best deal would be greatly appreciated!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m):
Cyberknight:
The social care crisis is a looming snowball gathering mass and hurtling down towards everyone and they act as if it isn't there. The UK's aversion to so-called tax rises at play as usual. The country cannot nationalise the problem just like that - Labour was right to scrap the care costs cap, that's ridiculous, so the next step is to levy more tax to set up a care system like Germany's consisting of a pooled risk long-term care insurance system with social insurance contributions collected from everyone. No other way forward - the councils will soon go bankrupt.
Hehe... who go gree for higher tax in this environment.

It's a trilema - maintaining good social/healthcare standards, lowering taxes/growing the economy and reducing migration. I wonder when last a UK govt was able to achieve all 3.

The issue is people would vote for their personal interests and when the population demography tilts so much towards older folks, they'd force government to make decisions that unduly favour them.

Look at all the drama limiting winter fuel payments caused. Same group worked much shorter years than their offspring and living much longer than their parents, had generous pension plans, cheaper housing, accumulated huge wealth, and are guaranteed a state pension that rises faster than workers salaries but yet, they still screamed to high heavens for a sum many of them can do without and are keen on scrapping inheritance tax. Imagine what would happen if the tripple lock was abolished.

Me that is religiously paying my NI... let nobody tell me no state pension when the time comes. Las las we go dey all right
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:22pm On Oct 09, 2024
missjekyll:
Right . Own goal.

It's the ouroboros of poo. Because the racists in her party will not vote for her and she will have done all this for nothing.

Shrugs
Funny enough Kemi has been the most popular of all the candidates with the Tory membership and from today's vote, it's clear that she also enjoys the support of her peers.

Most of the hate and racist attacks appear to come from non whites, mainly Nigerians, the same way Warsi was called a sell out and even pelted with eggs by members of her own community.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:26pm On Oct 09, 2024
missjekyll:
Gosh ,here's the possible way this could have happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjGFdePFVvs?si=izimMuTvzgjxC_XS

I m interested in people's theories. What happened to cleverly?
Apparently Cleverly was out partying last night at Boris's book launch, likely thinking it was a fait accompli, when Kemi and Jenrick's teams were busy hitting the phones trying to win MPs over.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m):
Knowlegeseeking:
Elders Good evening.

I’m currently looking for a broadband-only deal, and I’ve noticed that my living room has both Virgin Media and Openreach fibre cables installed. After checking online, it seems that Virgin Media offers the fastest connection in my area.

However, I’m a bit confused by the different speed options and their varying prices. Could you advise me on what I should prioritize when choosing a plan? I’m hoping to find a good balance between speed and affordability, as the prices seem quite high.

At the moment, I’m using an unlimited data plan on my sim from Three, but the network performance is poor, which has made working from home difficult. My contract with Three expires at the end of this month, so I’m considering switching to Virgin Media for broadband.

For context, I don’t watch live TV—I mostly stream YouTube and Netflix, and I usually connect my TV via hotspot.

Any guidance you can offer on selecting the best deal would be greatly appreciated!
Had same dilemma a while back.

I'd say for full fibre, go with the lower speed and cheaper one. Most providers would allow you upgrade if its not fast enough. A quoted 50- 75MBs download speed would be more than enough for the needs of most. I use a similar plan with multiple devices and have never felt it lag.

Also worth purchasing through a cashback site such as Quidco if the numbers stack up. I remember I got about £100 in cashback for my current plan.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 9:43pm On Oct 09, 2024
missjekyll:
Gosh ,here's the possible way this could have happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjGFdePFVvs?si=izimMuTvzgjxC_XS

I m interested in people's theories. What happened to cleverly?
My issue with the analysis by the guy in this video is what I call ‘binarification’ of human thoughts.

This guy’s argument is based on (the absolutely wrong -in my opinion) assumption that humans only think in a binary fashion. Either ‘Left’ or ‘Right’. He somehow classified Rob & Kemi as ‘far right’ and Jim as huh He didn’t even clearly classify Jim.

Secondly, the fact that post-conference, Jim had 55% shift means absolutely nothing. That post-conference ‘bounce’ was NOT amongst the 121 parliamentary party MPs. Meaning that ‘bounce’ was not as useful to Jim as being portrayed.

Thirdly, the guy’s ‘binarification’ naively concluded that Tom & Jim were on the same ‘team’ given Kemi & Rob were on the ‘far right’..whatever the heck he meant by that. His conclusion therefore was that Jim would naturally gain all of Tom’s voters since Jim & Tom belonged to same ‘team’.

I personally think the complexity of the human western politician is (and should rightly) be more complex than a silly classification as either left or right. It’s more complex and more nuanced.

It is possible for one to be on the ‘Left’ and still think Hamas was wrong and Israel is only defending itself.
Conversely, one could be on the ‘Right’ and still think Hamas are actually freedom fighters.

It is possible for one to be on the ‘Left’ and still think a woman cannot have a penis; conversely, I can be on the ‘Right’ and believe that a man can have a uterus and a vagina.

It is possible for one to be on the ‘left’ and support Brexit. It is also possible for one to be on the ‘Right’ and be a ‘Remainer’.


My point, there is more to human nature than ‘left’ or ‘right’


In Conclusion… Kemi issa Goal. If I was a registered conservative, Kemi would be getting my vote.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight:
Zahra29:
Funny enough Kemi has been the most popular of all the candidates with the Tory membership and from today's vote, it's clear that she also enjoys the support of her peers.

Most of the hate and racist attacks appear to come from non whites, mainly Nigerians, the same way Warsi was called a sell out and even pelted with eggs by members of her own community.
Lol, et tu, Zahra? Giving yourself over to hyperbole hasn't hitherto been your way, what's happened, something in the water? Had too much of your Weetabix today?

What you call hate is simply an instinctive expression of self-preservation. Like I said before, I think most POCs are happy to see POCs climb to the top of their areas of activity. I know I am. Like many millions, I identified with Obama when he was elected president, felt personally slighted when the Republicans insulted him, etc. Ghanaians and Nigerians have a hate-hate relationship, they think we're opinionated noise-making blowhards and I'm sure many a Milton Keynes cabdriver would happily drive their cabs off a bridge with me in it once I get into their cabs and they hear my Nigerian accent, but I felt very proud when Akwasi Kwarteng strode into Parliament to give his first budget speech (we'll gloss over its contents). And so forth.

In the normal course of events, I should feel the same way if Kemi Badenoch faces Starmer at PMQs on 6 November. I do believe that millions of west Indians, Zimbabweans, Ghanaians or South Africans, Igbo, Hausa, Tiv, Bini and black people generally in this country would also feel the same way. I'm not Yoruba and Badenoch's election to Tory leader will not do anything for me personally, in the same way that David Lammy's current tenancy of King Charles' Street or Kwarteng's past occupation of No. 11 doesn't change the fact that the roads in my village are untarred or that people in south Sudan are dying of hunger. But it is the fact that she is a POC and is there that would have been all I wanted to know not because it benefits me personally but because it's another smashing of another glass ceiling of sorts, despite the fact that I dont have any interest in the Tory party.

Unfortunately, this is not a normal course of events. It is all well and fine for a white person to dog-whistle or to say the stuff about migrants that Jenrick does. Elections have to be won, and all that. But when a black person does, the bigots who might have been sat on the fence idly watching sit up and take notice. They'll naturally think to themselves that if a POC feels this way about her own people, then they are justified in not only feeling the same way, but demonstrating how they feel.

Ultimately, my fervent wish about Badenoch and her candidacy is that she would channel her considerable energies towards other areas of the headbangers' wishlists and cease the denigration. Probably a bit too much to hope for, I know.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 10:08pm On Oct 09, 2024
jedisco:
Hehe... who go gree for higher tax in this environment.

It's a trilema - maintaining good social/healthcare standards, lowering taxes/growing the economy and reducing migration. I wonder when last a UK govt was able to achieve all 3.

The issue is people would vote for their personal interests and when the population demography tilts so much towards older folks, they'd force government to make decisions that unduly favour them.

Look at all the drama limiting winter fuel payments caused. Same group worked much shorter years than their offspring and living much longer than their parents, had generous pension plans, cheaper housing, accumulated huge wealth, and are guaranteed a state pension that rises faster than workers salaries but yet, they still screamed to high heavens for a sum many of them can do without and are keen on scrapping inheritance tax. Imagine what would happen if the tripple lock was abolished.

Me that is religiously paying my NI... let nobody tell me no state pension when the time comes. Las las we go dey all right
Lol - prepare to collect your much reduced state pension in your 70th decade or thereabouts. If the thing lasts that long. For me who just came to this country in my 40s with children, living and working in the south-east, my roughly outlined plan is to retire when my last employer throws me out and nobody else wants to employ me, then live off whatever occupational pension I will have accumulated, then, if there is no state pension, book a free NHS assisted death and a Co-op cremation when the workplace pension is finished.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 10:49pm On Oct 09, 2024
Cyberknight:
Lol, et tu, Zahra? Giving yourself over to hyperbole hasn't hitherto been your way, what's happened, something in the water? Had too much of your Weetabix today?
Lool....

Ok let me tone it down. Perhaps not hate, but the online comments calling her the n-word, evil woman and the like.....is it fair to say this is "strong dislike" ?

In my view there's a difference between making deliberately derogatory comments and blunt statements that while not sounding palatable, are not inherently untrue. Just like when Cameron called Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country and there was much furore....it wasn't a sweet or politically correct thing to say, but is/ was it a lie?

When Kemi makes the following comments about immigration:

We need to make sure that when people are coming to this country they are people who are coming to contribute and who want the success of our country.

“If you want to stay here we live in an age where you need to be very committed. We are not a dormitory, we are not a sponge.


What is so wrong with the above statement?

She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background, but that doesn't mean that she isn't allowed to make a critical observation or that every comment she makes about immigration is automatically dog-whistling or pandering to the bigots in her party.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 11:30pm On Oct 09, 2024
Cyberknight:
Lol - prepare to collect your much reduced state pension in your 70th decade or thereabouts. If the thing lasts that long. For me who just came to this country in my 40s with children, living and working in the south-east, my roughly outlined plan is to retire when my last employer throws me out and nobody else wants to employ me, then live off whatever occupational pension I will have accumulated, then, if there is no state pension, book a free NHS assisted death and a Co-op cremation when the workplace pension is finished.
Hehe... don't be so grim. 20 yrs is a long time.

I believe there'd be state pension long into the future. The parameters might change but any government that cuts it down significantly would be toast. Governments would rather bring in more people to support the system than tamper with state pension. For now, I hardly have a choice but I'd look keep contributing including voluntarily even if I leave.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lightnlife: 12:29am On Oct 10, 2024
You can use comparison/cashback websites like uSwitch and QuidCo.

They'll advise on the providers with the best netowrk in your area with their indictative speed. You'll also get some credit/cashback on the account.

Knowlegeseeking:
Elders Good evening.

I’m currently looking for a broadband-only deal, and I’ve noticed that my living room has both Virgin Media and Openreach fibre cables installed. After checking online, it seems that Virgin Media offers the fastest connection in my area.

However, I’m a bit confused by the different speed options and their varying prices. Could you advise me on what I should prioritize when choosing a plan? I’m hoping to find a good balance between speed and affordability, as the prices seem quite high.

At the moment, I’m using an unlimited data plan on my sim from Three, but the network performance is poor, which has made working from home difficult. My contract with Three expires at the end of this month, so I’m considering switching to Virgin Media for broadband.

For context, I don’t watch live TV—I mostly stream YouTube and Netflix, and I usually connect my TV via hotspot.

Any guidance you can offer on selecting the best deal would be greatly appreciated!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lavida001: 12:53am On Oct 10, 2024
Cyberknight:
Lol - prepare to collect your much reduced state pension in your 70th decade or thereabouts. If the thing lasts that long. For me who just came to this country in my 40s with children, living and working in the south-east, my roughly outlined plan is to retire when my last employer throws me out and nobody else wants to employ me, then live off whatever occupational pension I will have accumulated, then, if there is no state pension, book a free NHS assisted death and a Co-op cremation when the workplace pension is finished.
How about retiring and returning to your motherland?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll:
Zahra29:
Lool....

Ok let me tone it down. Perhaps not hate, but the online comments calling her the n-word, evil woman and the like.....is it fair to say this is "strong dislike" ?

In my view there's a difference between making deliberately derogatory comments and blunt statements that while not sounding palatable, are not inherently untrue. Just like when Cameron called Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country and there was much furore....it wasn't a sweet or politically correct thing to say, but is/ was it a lie?

When Kemi makes the following comments about immigration:

We need to make sure that when people are coming to this country they are people who are coming to contribute and who want the success of our country.

“If you want to stay here we live in an age where you need to be very committed. We are not a dormitory, we are not a sponge.


What is so wrong with the above statement?

She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background, but that doesn't mean that she isn't allowed to make a critical observation or that every comment she makes about immigration is automatically dog-whistling or pandering to the bigots in her party.
-You mean the same Cameron of greensill fame? Talk about hypocrisy. We are just now beginning to unearth the grotty mess that was the covid vip lane. The UK is a fantastically corrupt country. Despite having more than a millenia to get it right and having stolen half the world's money to do it with ...that was the best they could come up with. Nigeria is 64,what's this country's excuse?

-I ve loved Nigeria for decades,met many Nigeria lovers. I know what Nigeria-loving and Nigerian pride feels like. It doesn't feel like Badenoch. She feels contempt for Nigeria and trying to say this is love is gaslighting of the highest degree. I would tread lightly on this issue. It's an open wound for many .
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Jamesclooney: 8:37am On Oct 10, 2024
Zahra29:
Lool....

Ok let me tone it down. Perhaps not hate, but the online comments calling her the n-word, evil woman and the like.....is it fair to say this is "strong dislike" ?

In my view there's a difference between making deliberately derogatory comments and blunt statements that while not sounding palatable, are not inherently untrue. Just like when Cameron called Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country and there was much furore....it wasn't a sweet or politically correct thing to say, but is/ was it a lie?

When Kemi makes the following comments about immigration:

We need to make sure that when people are coming to this country they are people who are coming to contribute and who want the success of our country.

“If you want to stay here we live in an age where you need to be very committed. We are not a dormitory, we are not a sponge.


What is so wrong with the above statement?

She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background, but that doesn't mean that she isn't allowed to make a critical observation or that every comment she makes about immigration is automatically dog-whistling or pandering to the bigots in her party.
If you like, continue playing the ostrich and cherry-pick which of her less offensive statements you would like to quote and ask rhetorical questions. The objective facts remain she’s working out of the Suella Braveman playbook (same as Jenrick) but is only made worse and she’s a product of liberal migration policies. If you can’t see the offense or call out the egregious “bottom wipers” comment from KB…that just means your own veil is slipping and it’s not a good look!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 8:43am On Oct 10, 2024
Zahra29:
Lool....

Ok let me tone it down. Perhaps not hate, but the online comments calling her the n-word, evil woman and the like.....is it fair to say this is "strong dislike" ?

In my view there's a difference between making deliberately derogatory comments and blunt statements that while not sounding palatable, are not inherently untrue. Just like when Cameron called Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country and there was much furore....it wasn't a sweet or politically correct thing to say, but is/ was it a lie?

When Kemi makes the following comments about immigration:

We need to make sure that when people are coming to this country they are people who are coming to contribute and who want the success of our country.

“If you want to stay here we live in an age where you need to be very committed. We are not a dormitory, we are not a sponge.


What is so wrong with the above statement?

She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background, but that doesn't mean that she isn't allowed to make a critical observation or that every comment she makes about immigration is automatically dog-whistling or pandering to the bigots in her party.
Gracious me. Will the real Zahra29 please stand up?

You've cherry-picked so blatantly, which is so un-Zahra-like that I shan't bother engaging therewith and shall leave this unresponded to.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 8:44am On Oct 10, 2024
lavida001:
How about retiring and returning to your motherland?
If the motherland still exists in returnable form, it might be an option. I'm not holding my breath, unfortunately.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:01am On Oct 10, 2024
missjekyll:
-You mean the same Cameron of greensill fame? Talk about hypocrisy. We are just now beginning to unearth the grotty mess that was the covid vip lane. The UK is a fantastically corrupt country. Despite having more than a millenia to get it right and having stolen half the world's money to do it with ...that was the best they could come up with. Nigeria is 64,what's this country's excuse?

-I ve loved Nigeria for decades,met many Nigeria lovers. I know what Nigeria-loving and Nigerian pride feels like. It doesn't feel like Badenoch. She feels contempt for Nigeria and trying to say this is love is gaslighting of the highest degree. I would tread lightly on this issue. It's an open wound for many .
Tread lightly lol okay. I don't have a dog in this fight, I'll leave you to battle it out with her on the depth of her love or hate.

I've always maintained that every single country is corrupt to a degree. In the UK we've had many scandals including Fayed cash for questions and the terrible MP expenses scandal of the early noughties for which several MPs faced criminal sanction (and Labour MPs were the most implicated actually).

However what separates corrupt and fantastically corrupt countries is the degree/impunity of corruption and the lack of consequences which emboldens future corruption.

For example, it would be completely unheard of in some countries for a politician to be caught with millions of tax payers funds under their bed looted from pension funds or funds intended to build a state hospital or school. Or for a civil servant to seriously allege that a snake was responsible for swallowing up millions of missing state funds. When corruption is so rampant that there is no money left to pay teachers and doctors because that money is sitting pretty in a Swiss account, being used to buy mansions and luxury cars while pensioners starve (and it's not just Nigeria bdw, there are other countries like this )
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:07am On Oct 10, 2024
Jamesclooney:
If you like, continue playing the ostrich and cherry-pick which of her less offensive statements you would like to quote and ask rhetorical questions. The objective facts remain she’s working out of the Suella Braveman playbook (same as Jenrick) but is only made worse and she’s a product of liberal migration policies. If you can’t see the offense or call out the egregious “bottom wipers” comment from KB…that just means your own veil is slipping and it’s not a good look!
I don't follow Kemi's speeches, I read and quote from what is reported on the BBC and Guardian and the like. I haven't seen an article on her bottom wipers comment, can you please post a link?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goodenoch: 9:36am On Oct 10, 2024
Zahra29:
She's obviously proud of being Nigerian as she frequently refers to her background,
Not logical. Frequent reference does not equate pride. I have read a fair few of her articles and listened to her speeches - her references to Nigeria typically follow the same pattern - a prelude to saying something about how bad or dangerous immigrants/immigration are/can be.

You've said you don't follow her speeches so it's understandable but in all the ones you've seen quoted, have you ever seen her say something that was positive (or even just neutral and not derogatory) about Nigeria?

If not, where did you get the notion of pride from?

What you're doing with the cherrypicking of comments that no one objected to while ignoring the ones that people have actually complained about is peak gaslighting. I don't know you so it woudn't be fair to say that that it's deliberate but that's defiinitely what it is.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goodenoch: 9:45am On Oct 10, 2024
Anyone interested in Badenoch's opinion pieces can find them here: https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news

You might find this article she wrote about maternity pay in 2019 interesting, especially in contrast with her recent comments https://www.kemibadenoch.org.uk/news/we-mps-who-are-mothers-are-well-looked-after-0

It should make it clear that when we say she lacks principles and morality, it's neither hate nor 'strong dislike' but just the same sort of blunt facts she loves to portray her own comments as.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29:
Goodenoch:
Not logical. Frequent reference does not equate pride.

I have read a fair few of her articles and listened to her speeches - her references to Nigeria typically follow the same pattern - a prelude to saying something about how bad or dangerous immigrants/immigration are/can be.

You've said you don't follow her speeches so it's understandable but in all the ones you've seen quoted, have you ever seen her say something that was positive (or even just neutral and not derogatory) about Nigeria?

If not, where did you get the notion of pride from?

What you're doing with the cherrypicking of comments that no one objected to while ignoring the ones that people have actually complained about is peak gaslighting. I don't know you so it woudn't be fair to say that that it's deliberate but that's defiinitely what it is.
Fair enough. It was presumptuous of me to come to that conclusion

Unlike you, I follow her at a high level and I rely on news articles to distil noteworthy excerpts of her interviews. In such articles, I have only seen a couple of direct references made to Nigeria. The majority of her comments are focused on broader topics that appeal to her base such as culture issues, Israel/Gaza, immigration, true conservatism etc. BBC and others must also be cherry picking as I posted the comments that were referenced on their platforms. Therefore, for balance, it would be helpful if you could also post the derogatory comments she has made about Nigeria.

What I can see that is being said about her is that she is gaffe prone (which might be an issue if she becomes leader) and that she is not afraid of causing offence a la Thatcher (which might or might not be an issue to some) with her recent comments:

"...Excessive maternity pay..."

"...Tens of thousands of civil servants should be in jail...."

"We need to make sure we are thinking about the next generation, not just who’s going to wipe bottoms for us today.”
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll: 11:17am On Oct 10, 2024
Zahra29:
Tread lightly lol okay. I don't have a dog in this fight, I'll leave you to battle it out with her on the depth of her love or hate.

I've always maintained that every single country is corrupt to a degree. In the UK we've had many scandals including Fayed cash for questions and the terrible MP expenses scandal of the early noughties for which several MPs faced criminal sanction (and Labour MPs were the most implicated actually).

However what separates corrupt and fantastically corrupt countries is the degree/impunity of corruption and the lack of consequences which emboldens future corruption.

For example, it would be completely unheard of in some countries for a politician to be caught with millions of tax payers funds under their bed looted from pension funds or funds intended to build a state hospital or school. Or for a civil servant to seriously allege that a snake was responsible for swallowing up millions of missing state funds. When corruption is so rampant that there is no money left to pay teachers and doctors because that money is sitting pretty in a Swiss account, being used to buy mansions and luxury cars while pensioners starve (and it's not just Nigeria bdw, there are other countries like this )
Just give Nigeria 2 years and the thieves there will also figure out how to buy yachts and stash in overseas accounts. They wont hide it under the bed anymore.They ll also figure out how to throw phones away and delete WhatsApp messages so as not to get caught. There are levels to this looting stuff. They ll join the top tier
66 years vs a thousand years and half a worlds worth of treasure.

I ask again What is the UKs excuse?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 11:23am On Oct 10, 2024
missjekyll:
Just give Nigeria 2 years and the thieves there will also figure out how to buy yachts and stash in overseas accounts. They wont hide it under the bed anymore.They ll also figure out how to throw phones away and delete WhatsApp messages so as not to get caught. There are levels to this looting stuff. They ll join the top tier
66 years vs a thousand years and half a worlds worth of treasure.

I ask again What is the UKs excuse?
Lol 🤣

As if there are not prime properties across the UK and US purchased with looted funds.

If the UK was fantastically corrupt, I doubt you would have chosen to come here.

Like I said, there is corruption and then there is next level corruption. If you can't see the difference then I'm still waiting to sell you a beautiful Caribbean island. Now reduced to £799
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lavida001: 11:26am On Oct 10, 2024
Cyberknight:
If the motherland still exists in returnable form, it might be an option. I'm not holding my breath, unfortunately.
Together we can make it a better place.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll: 11:55am On Oct 10, 2024
Zahra29:
Lol 🤣

As if there are not prime properties across the UK and US purchased with looted funds.

If the UK was fantastically corrupt, I doubt you would have chosen to come here.

Like I said, there is corruption and then there is next level corruption. If you can't see the difference then I'm still waiting to sell you a beautiful Caribbean island. Now reduced to £799
Deny till you are blue in the face. The UK is fantastically corrupt. It even encourages corruption in other countries by helping them stash their loot and charging fees while hypocritically pointing fingers.

It seems you don't like the UK being described in those terms but you expect me to accept that for Nigeria because "its true"? Nah.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 12:23pm On Oct 10, 2024
lavida001:
Together we can make it a better place.
Go for it, I say. Don't wait for anyone - give your all to it.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29:
missjekyll:
Deny till you are blue in the face. The UK is fantastically corrupt. It even encourages corruption in other countries by helping them stash their loot and charging fees while hypocritically pointing fingers.

It seems you don't like the UK being described in those terms but you expect me to accept that for Nigeria because "its true"? Nah.
Lol, but I'm not trying to force you to accept anything. We're both stating our views. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however some opinions are factbased/logical while others are "fantastic" lol
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll: 1:42pm On Oct 10, 2024
People, big things afoot today in parliament, it seems. Yippee! Elections do matter. Our right to strike is back.
*wiping tears from my eyes* may the tories never happen to this country again,Amen!

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by obioraval(m): 6:01pm On Oct 10, 2024
[quote author=Lefty500 post=132269193][/quote]Thanks for the above
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Summertime: 9:48pm On Oct 10, 2024
Hi bro, thank you for your response. I am sorry I am replying late as I am just seeing this. It says on the website that I do need a visa. http://www.jhcuk.org/visitors/visa-requirements/

Goke7:
You don’t need a visa as a Nigerian passport holder, just buy a return ticket and hold your valid brp or uk visa along if you’re returning to the uk. At the airport when boarding you just need to show your return ticket and the date you’re leaving the carribean islands (most important).

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 10:04pm On Oct 10, 2024
Summertime:
Hi bro, thank you for your response. I am sorry I am replying late as I am just seeing this. It says on the website that I do need a visa. http://www.jhcuk.org/visitors/visa-requirements/
My apologies, I thought Jamaica was like some other carribean countries that don’t need visa for Nigeria passport holders.

Just wondering what’s even there that warrants a visa. However If you’re going for a vacation I’ll suggest a country like Barbados as it doesn’t require a visa and a lovely island with gorgeous beaches. Cheers
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by sirabbey(m): 11:43pm On Oct 10, 2024
Summertime:
Hi bro, thank you for your response. I am sorry I am replying late as I am just seeing this. It says on the website that I do need a visa. http://www.jhcuk.org/visitors/visa-requirements/
Nigeria is the only commonwealth nation that requires VISA to enter Jamaica.
All other commonwealth nations including Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique etc do not require visa to visit Jamaica. Naija must have shown Jamaica shege promax for this blatant discrimination.
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