A Political Thread pt. 2

[Yulia]

French is not a complicated language to learn tbh. Shouldn't be complicated for English native speakers
And France is a very agreeable country. Cuisine, culture, humour, music etc I'd recommend to look at this country if you want to move somewhere

 

[Which Tyler]

Why no-one wants to move to France actually?

At least one of us does

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

True france did give us

 

[ncurd]

French is not a complicated language to learn tbh. Shouldn't be complicated for English native speakers
And France is a very agreeable country. Cuisine, culture, humour, music etc I'd recommend to look at this country if you want to move somewhere

I'm 38 and speak no second languages it's alot harder than it sounds when you just aren't trained to do so.

Couple that with I do a highly professional job that requires me to communicate with my team and report to higher layers withing the company. I literally couldn't do my job for years if I had to learn a new language to principally communicate with.

 

[Yulia]

@LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan) loved her when I was a teenager, her producer and author of her songs was my favourite singer . Sorry for the offtop, but "true France" (music) is rather:

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

During the pandemic I started doing French on duolingo. I'm still able to read and write Spanish at a basic level so it was easy to pick up.

No way I could move to another country that required me to speak another language; maybe Spain.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

A lot of France is brilliant,
My parents live there and I love the area they live in
But if you want to work/find somewhere established enough to sponsor visas etc., you've got to go to the cities and I'd rather **** in my hands and clap than live in Paris

Plus, as above, the language barrier. Rarely see a French company that operates in English but it's very common in Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia etc.

 

[Yulia]

I'm 38 and speak no second languages it's alot harder than it sounds when you just aren't trained to do so.

Couple that with I do a highly professional job that requires me to communicate with my team and report to higher layers withing the company. I literally couldn't do my job for years if I had to learn a new language to principally communicate with.

Ah ok, I see. Yes, it's probably more complicated than.

No way I could move to another country that required me to speak another language; maybe Spain.

You can find a job in English,for example, and find friends/shops/services in English in almost any foreign country. When I moved to Poland,I didn't speak Polish, but I found a job in French and met a lot of French acquaintances in Warsaw, so wasn't that bad (and I had a work experience in French before, when I lived in Moscow)

My parents live there and I love the area they live in

Where exactly do they live,if not a secret?

 

[Amiga500]

I finally found an article at least attempting to explain electricity costs.

Why Europe’s Electricity Prices Are Soaring (Published 2022)

Reverberations from the war in Ukraine have “distorted” the market for natural gas, forcing energy prices up.

www.nytimes.com

Basically, 40% of electricity production can rely on firing up gas stations and the system is rigged in favour of a dependence on gas, disregarding that energy generated from wind and solar is pretty much free in comparison.

Its basic mathematics.
Gas prices are 100% dependent on the cost of wholesale gas.
Electricity prices are 40% dependent on the cost of wholesale gas.

So how the heck do gas and electricity prices go up by the same rate when wholesale gas prices change?

Without looking into it - I'd guess its largely because gas does one thing. Heat stuff.
But so does an electric heater.

Your right it shouldn't quite be equal. But you'd expect it to be much more than 40% - if it's cheaper to heat the house via electric, people will use that instead of gas.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Where exactly do they live,if not a secret?

Just south of Perpignan, basically as close to Spain as you can get without crossing the Pyrenees

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Nah bro it's because of their inability to speak sufficiently in English!!!
Also for me the fact that Pen got sooooo close to being elected like if not for Putin it would've been scary close.

IDK France feels like Britain did a while ago bar they will stay in the EU, but their pain is coming I fear.

Yes. No point leaping from the frying pan into the fire. There a lot of places becoming a lot less appealing than they were 20 years ago. As I see it:

Countries a long way from politically and/or economically going down the toilet and with decent weather: Canada, NZ, Netherlands,
Plus maybe Australia, Spain, Portugal (although politically and weather wise these three are questionable) Switzerland, Japan and Germany.

Countries a long way from politically and/or economically going down the toilet and not so decent weather:
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, all four Scandinavians
Plus maybe England

When I list it out, the proportion of the world that I'd choose to live in if language and work was no issue and I had no commitments is sadly pretty small.

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Al Bangor]

French is not a complicated language to learn tbh. Shouldn't be complicated for English native speakers
And France is a very agreeable country. Cuisine, culture, humour, music etc I'd recommend to look at this country if you want to move somewhere

If I were to move to another country I'd probably go to Australia. I've been there and really liked it and the people. And we speak the same language. Sort of...

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sunak and Truss care more about their small differences than the crises facing Britain | Andrew Rawnsley

An exceptional prime minister is needed to steer the country through this perfect storm – but neither of the candidates has risen to the daunting challenges confronting us

www.theguardian.com

I do like Andrew Rawnsley articles. Really tells it how it is.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

French is not a complicated language to learn tbh. Shouldn't be complicated for English native speakers
And France is a very agreeable country. Cuisine, culture, humour, music etc I'd recommend to look at this country if you want to move somewhere

I learnt French up until GCSE, managed to get an A* and remember just nailing the oral exam. Regret not continuing with it.

But then for A-levels here just narrow subject range and with any language if you don't practice it or force yourself to to go over to the native country and live there there to really use it eventually I found that you lose it.

IMO English is a victim of its own success. Even as a BBC growing up and gradually losing my own native tongue growing up. Know first generation Chinese who have come here and never bothered to learn the English language.

So yes, I can see why it would be a barrier for peeps to go to another non-English speaking country and work. It would make it much more difficult to adapt and progress long term.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Energy bills: Liz Truss 'rules out' more direct help for all

The Tory leadership contender is considering other options such as tax cuts, her teams says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Guess i'll wait to buy anything big till the VAT cut.
You know on the things that people will stop buying anyway since they can't afford their heating bills.

Such a wonderful plans that totally don't just benefit the wealthy.

 

[Amiga500]

Err.

Its worse than that.

VAT rate on gas/oil for domestic users is already set at 5%.

So when they are talking of cutting the VAT rate to 15%, thats completely unaffected.

Same for other essentials, most are at either 0 already or 5%.

So stupid Liz's proposal doesn't help the most needy at all - as they are already not buying the kind of goods such a cut would affect.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

But just point at some foreigners and the ******* thick working class nationalists will happily vote against their own interests as long as they think johnny foreigner is being harmed more.

*****. I am sick to the back teeth of the right in this country, they are causing so much damage and it's fuelled entirely by hatred. Not ******* thinking at all, just plain old thick nationalism.