5 Reasons Why I'm LEAVING THE UK! 

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I'm a Uk trucker that moved to Alberta Canada. I can confirm that the only major thing you miss is the banter.

I'm 44 and would leave the UK tomorrow if I could. I have no reason why I wish to spend the rest of my life this horrible little country. Immigration is my biggest concern because it is destroying the country and eradicating the British way of life. There are no longer opportunities in the UK and the quality of life is pitiful. My advice to anyone that can get out of the UK for a better life, do it. Life is too short. Unfortunately, I am stuck here and it is making me ill. I wish you all the best in your new life.

sincerely wish you and your family good luck with your new lives to come .

The fact of the matter is that we've been systematically betrayed by politicians that have no loyalty to native British folk. They're more interested in handing out benefits to alleged asylum seekers and swarthy immigrants, regardless of wether they come legally on an airplane or illegally on a dingy. People who work for a living are punished heavily, whilst people who can't be bothered to get out of bed and malinger with fake illnesses get free rides. The housing estate I grew up on is now 90% Pakistani, whose inhabitants are openly hostile towards white people that come to visit their elderly relatives, I know this because I have experienced it myself. The UK government supports causes and issues I have no interest in; wether that be the expensive war in Ukraine that we fund, or LGBT propaganda, or nonsensical green energy policies that have no bearing in reality. On top of all of this, we're taxed 40% to 50k (the highest amount since WW2), the state pension age will be well in excess of 70 in a couple of decades, and we've all had to live with crippling inflation and poor interest rates for 5 years now, whilst for most people wages haven't gone up in close to a decade. All this whilst we have homeless veterans on the street, young people who can't afford houses, a piss poor education system that teaches people nothing, and crippling debt for anyone who wants to pursue University. The fact of the matter is that Britain is a country in serious decline, and we aren't what we once were. They key thing to remember is that all of this could have been prevented, but we've been sold out by elites who're more interested in turning the UK into an offshore banking island for the mega-wealthy, rather than a haven for normal people. The country I grew up in like a knight that's been killed on horseback; still in his armour, still on his horse, but slumped over and dead, yet to have fallen to the ground. You leave to Australia, matey. And don't look back. I married a South African bird, and live in NZ now. I'm much happier here.

Just be aware that house prices in AUS are very high, im about an hour out of Sydney and a 3 bed house is £420k, now that might seem a good or bad deal depending where your coming from in the UK. The big benefit though is we moved over here in January and doing the exact same job for the exact same company but over here, went from £40k to £90k, so overall we have more money in our pockets, plus its mid winter here and its 18c, thats not such a bad place to be.

You hit the nail on the head with what you said there and I couldn't agree more. My wife and I have spoken about moving abroad a few times now.

Country's finished mate politics won't fix it either.

All the best with the move - looking forward some vlogs from down under 👍

Hi I am a 63 year young Dane. I recently talked to a guy from NZ. I know it is not AUS, but close. He told me that over NZ a big ozone hole have taken residens. It is resulting in that you have to use a lot of sun block, several times a day. He also told me skin cancer is way higher than the rest of the world. The clouds you hate, are your friends. Just take it into your calculation. Western AUS is quite a long way from NZ, so it might be fine. Good luck.

All the best Sam...you're doing the right thing mate!!! Enjoy 😊

Good choice, WA is the best place on earth. Left UK 34 years ago and never regretted it. Still heaps of opportunity here for hard working people. Good luck. I'll watch your progress.

Wish you well buddy, what you say is spot on and will only get worse, we're only peasants working for the establishment who only care about themselves which ever party is in power .

Driving trucks in Western Australia should be quite a culture shift.

im 62 now i use to leave the UK every monday for greece loved it did it for 28 years ,never botherd me once and the money was good .but coming back here at weekend is mad its so dear its gone through the roof .

Good decision..Oz has weather and spirit if good if ignore politics.

Good luck. I'm too old now but i totally get anyone with a young family to make the move . They'll always be things better over here but they're becoming few and far between.

Another bit of info for you. In all states in Australia, a heavy rigid truck licence (HR) or above (HC or MC) is exactly the same licence required to drive a bus. You only need an additional passenger transport vehicle driver authorisation (PTD) which is simply an application and then being issued by the department of transport if you are of acceptable character and meet the medical requirements. Non of those ridiculous claims that a bus is allegedly entirely different to a heavy rigid vehicle and, as such, requires a totally seperate test and licence. That rule is nothing more than a money spinner in the UK.

I literally screamed when you said Australia. It’s where i want to go, when you do arrive please give us an insight in how it happened incase others may want to too. One thing i must as much as i loved the video i could relate to jus feel the pain in your eyes you’ve been holding back for a lot of years trying to convince the country’s not the problem but yav packed in it decided to remove yourself from the problem as its not being solved. 👏🏽All the best Prayle

Cant fault you at all. This country is going down hill fast. As for the aussies, i worked with one for many years and all ill say is that he was a top bloke with a cracking sense of humour and sure knew how to have banter and take the piss ! Good luck to you and your family :)

GOOD LUCK 😊 looking forward to seeing your videos

First time I’ve seen your channel Sam I moved to Aus from England in 2009 and have never looked back. Went back in May for the first time in 7 years and couldn’t believe how bad it’s got. Australia’s not perfect but it’s very safe and a good place for a young family. Hope everything works out for you in WA, plenty of long drives out there for you trucking. All the best mate 👍

All the best Sam, I wished I had done it years ago,

Good video mate,I also decided to pack things up and leave uk for good,I’ve been to a lot of places but never ever seen such a depressing miserable weather all year round.also it feels so unsafe now.

Good luck to you and your family! I am Ukrainian and relocated to the UK in 2015 for work. After obtaining citizenship, we visited Sydney and Melbourne and traveled around those areas in January 2024. I would definitely agree that Australia is a better choice, and if we were 10 years younger, we would have stayed there. Due to the war in Ukraine, we cannot return home, so we decided to work remotely from Albania and Spain instead of staying in the UK. The reasons are the same: depressing weather, high cost of living, and especially food prices and quality. In Australia, the food is amazing! My ex-boss relocated there and wants to retire, but he is belgian so I guess they have the same shitty weather so Australia wins again))) While we have been visiting New Zealand, our taxi driver was telling that from time to time he was travelling to AU for some truck driving contracts as there is high demand so wish you to find a great company and enjoy driving there!

Good luck for the future Sam to you and the family, your young enough to make this move, Yes it will be tough especially in the First year or so, Look forward to seeing how you get on, 👍

Hi Sam. I fully support your decision to leave the UK. I'm a British citizen living in Oman since 2018. Initially, I missed the UK due to nostalgia and emotional ties, but my parents had their reasons for moving-my dad's terrible work experience and my mum's family issues. They both believed the UK wasn't the right environment to raise us. Over time, I came to understand their perspective. I turned my feelings of missing the UK into enjoying life in Oman by making new friends, enjoying the food, and embracing the peacefulness. Oman is also much safer compared to the UK, which has been a huge benefit. It takes time to acclimatize to a new country, but it's worth it. I wish you and your family the best of luck wherever your new path takes you all. Best regards.

I don’t see why you think it’s different anywhere else. I work in Holland and travel all over Europe and everywhere I go, the natives say the same. The weather is all over the place and the role of politics is to keep you working and paying out for the best years of your life, while giving you the illusion of choice. Bread and circuses, mate. Immigration is a key aspect of modern politics and it’s prevalent all over Europe. Everything makes more sense when you realise that the “system” is designed to keep you working while paying for the privilege.

I was guessing new zealand or canada, but australia it is, i thought maybe europe, spain but all of them have their problems, good luck with your new life and enjoy the new lifestyle,.

If you don't go - you won't know. Best of luck!

Unfortunately politics is the same all over the world, just out for themselves

I've spent 7 years in the UK (Stoke-on-Trent), including the biggest health mess in modern times and left 2 years ago because of family reasons. Most people I met were kind a genuine. I never felt like an outsider there. Also, I loved how well the retail staff treats costumers at any store you enter. At work, I always recieved enough help during training periods. But it's definitely true that socialising isn't the easiest thing to do, regardless of origin or ethnicity. And yeah, some services, are agonisingly expensive in comparison to my homeland. Car insurance, as you've mentioned, is the best example of that - at least 7-8x pricier. I've been lucky to be there, but with the main goal of generating savings, it's no longer worth it to me. Minimum hourly wage keeps rising year-by-year, just nowhere near as fast as fuel, food and energy prices. Good luck in Australia, take care.

Country's on its knee mate your doing the right thing for you and your family. If u recall on past comments I said me and my wife are thinking new zealand next September. Need to get the ball rolling with sponserships any advice u can give me ?

Cool decision. Considering the recent incidents and what you’ve mentioned, as a migrant, I’m also planning to leave the UK soon. Good luck!

Well I did the same as you but 30years ago and I live probably close if you are heading south of Perth. Lovely people, many, many poms , great weather and fishing, I could get you a truck drivers job tomorrow but finding a property to rent is almost impossible and house choice is slim as so many have migrated here ,we are full! Now, have the same issues with doctors etc but hand on heart ,my kids would not have had the opportunities in Blighty as they have had here. Welcome, she’ll be rite!

Don't worry about missing the culture and british sense of humour, that all went long ago. Do it before it's too late,you dont want to look back in 20 years and think,what if.give it your best shot,youcan always come back.not . Good 🤞

Good luck with it but as far as I know Australia is also very expensive

Just returned from 10 years driving trucks in Australia very much same problems there but warmer 😊😊

You've made good points, but unsurprisingly there is a noticeable difference in response when you make these points about the UK as a white male versus when people of colour say the same thing. Most people here are agreeing with you and wishing you luck, but if you were a brown/black man (even if you was born in the UK) saying this, there will be hateful, ignorant and racist fools who would attack you.

Great mate I would go to oz if I was younger Good luck

good luck!

Big wheel Zak sold him a duff dream 🤣

Spot on mate. Without wishing to sound like a stalker, one day do you want to meet up for 30 mins for a beer or a coffee/lunch before you move? Similar age trucker and I think I’m not too far from you in Dartford. Just want to say thank you for RU-vid, and the work you do. You’ve taught me a lot in life! You look really deflated. The weather you can’t really control; (although it has been shite this year)! But it’s annoying, as all the problems you mentioned are man-made and can be improved , but people do nothing but moan🤦‍♂️ 1 thing you forget to mention is our appalling road network and our SMART motorways. Even taking a short trip to the beach can take half a day to get there now, with our roads 🙈. Worst motorways in the world.🙈 About the wages, I was speaking to a driver at London Gateway last week who was earning £17per hour in 2004 to drive a 7.5T truck!! 20 years ago 😬 Life will be hard in Australia for the first year, to adapt and start again. But suss it out. And it will be worth it for the rest of your life💪🙏 P.S. I’m thinking of moving to Italy in December too. I know you’re really busy with moving, but if you do want to meet up, the coffee/beer/lunch is on me 😃☕️ 🥘 🍻 Keep us posted with the videos:)

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Good luck man👍

Wow cannot believe you're already 63 years old.. You look so young..you look more like 53 to be honest.

do you reckon there would be much chance of getting over their as an 8 wheeler dump truck driver?

Best of luck in your future Sam. Miss you big guy.

I'm a HGV driver and I'm trying to move to Western Australia. Do you know down there are in need of truck drivers?

Go to London Dick Whittington the streets are laden with gold,( my friend told me ) lol.Perth is the most expensive city in Australia.Reallity check is coming

Where are you moving to mate?

he forgot the big one. You'll earn a s*** load more money. Not that this is the be all and end all but bigger house (or even a house), bigger pension, more money to spend on family and less worries all helps.

I got similar situation in uk, morgage on the house is reaching £1400 a month lucky me i got some £20000 savings (4-5 years more and i have money to pay directly the flat) and £2650 spending on a terminator figure 😂 first movie arnold from the police scene. My woman is polish and she reachs end of the month with £145 only. Lucky me i can save £1000 monthly. We been discussed to buy a nice flat in Poland close to a big town, 20-30min drive with the car, they talk english around weather good no more mortgage council tax and other bullshits. Council tax is a robbery in uk for what? My job all times with changes management is crap she dont see me monday to friday only weekends company dont care to keep me on day shift... If change job will be worse as other firms pay less and more hours to work, agency is not safe as can be quiet times and no work = no morgage to pay big trouble. Want to have my flat something around 50000€ no morgage to pay a easy job even if not lorry driving can be factory work and have more time to be free at home. Kids in uk must receive lots of vaccines otherwise they get ban to go school doctor or any other places, who knows what they make them but that is not good and other thing they teach them to be gay, lesbian change gender this is insane dont want have baby in this country lol

Also Crime rate all across the England, also tv licese same as crime😂

Can’t blame you this country is a laughing stock now, good luck and enjoy

I'm about to go in the HGV industry living in Japan as I'm a mixed Brit living in Japan, and after gaining 1-2 years experience here I'm planning on moving back to the UK (as drivers are paid next to nothing here with very little time off) to get into trucking there. If I like the job I'll be getting in the UK I'll probably stay, but if not, I'll be moving elsewhere to places like Australia. The NHS situation is a bit concerning in the UK, but would you consider going back there to be a bad move? I just simply want to earn more and have more time off, which is hard in Japan.

You need to keep going with YT in Australia.

18 degrees feels warm here but bloody freezing in OZ. But we'll never get 40 degrees here like the Aussies do. My best friend emigrated 12yrs ago and I visited in 2019. Fuel is cheap out there but booze is expensive.

Dear British people, I came to live in England in 2018 from Hungary, mostly because of the same issues Sam mentioned here. Now in 2024, the UK is fxxd up the same way and I feel the sxxt reached me again. I’m fed up honestly. The only difference is the level. UK is much more wealthy so there is more time to sink. But the same path will lead to the same dark pit. Populists, corrupt politicians, lazy and ignorant people, simplifying complex issues, closing minds and borders and excluding more and more humans, being too pride, referring to the rich heritage to have at least some positivity... this not the right way. Be smarter and learn from other countries' mistakes guys. Good luck Sam!

At least the Nukes will have trouble getting you down there lol But best of luck to ya mate. I am 48 now and wish I done it earlier but my job wouldn't have carried over. Nice big houses/Nice weather and the people are meant to be nice on the most part. Every Ozzy I have met have been great and real fun to be around. Due to it being a big island things can be a lot more expensive than here but then wages are higher to compensate so not all too bad. I agree with everything you said. The wages have been stagnant for over 20yrs whilst the world prices have sky rocketed. Middle class is now poor. I am from North Kent and don't get me started about this place now from when I was a kid. I can only put the feeling down to like when BIFF went back in time in Back to the future and gave himself the sports book and now we're stuck in that same time line he changed lol

Spain.

You think Oz will be different ! 😂😂

I can get a doctor or dentist the same day in New Zealand but we do pay for the appointment (about 25 quid) beer is more expensive over here the cost of living is definitely better in Aussie, also you won’t have to use the stupid digi card everything is hand written and slightly more flexible

wage stagnation + bad weather + politics + safety

france spain holland fuel is the same luxemburg big saving ,

Hi Sam, thanks for your insightful videos. I’m considering getting into a HGV career, do you still recommend it? How did your move away come around? Thank you!

Like the channel for the HGV stuff but your part about politics was a bit clueless.. no offense. Labour and Conservative are both very similar and not one far on the left and right. Conservatives are hardly right wing at all.

Sad that you're leaving, as I can see you're an asset to this great nation. Agree with your points and more than fair and logical to me. Funny enough, I am doing my C + E licence right now 😂

Not a hate comment just wondering you said you was moving to Canada and didn’t just wondering what changed I’m thinking about doing to jump myself

Good luck. Give it a few years and you will be wishing for a British summer lol

Dont blame you, country going downhill, cost of living, rubbish weather, no work life balance etc Will you be doing hgv when you move ? ALso I have a question and id really appreciate if you can answer. Is it possible for someone with hgv license and sufficient experience to be able to work only 4 months out of the year if they want to do seasonal work and if so, does this depend on the company or agency if they will allow this and in your opinion, will it be possible or realistic for a company to take you on for 4 months or would someone with experience find it hard to get work 4 months a year? In a nutshell someone wants to live abroad 8 months then return to uk for 4 months will he find difficulty in getting a job with hgv? Hope that made sense

To be honest, i'd like to migrant to india or pakistan. Great curry. Everything is cheap. People can speak ok english. The Uk is india/pakistan anyway, with all the immigrants from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. You enjoy the same lifestyle but at a cheaper cost.

You're going to see your mate Big Wheel Zak.

gradually drowning

I live in the UK and was discussing Australia this man was older English man and said he went to Australia to watch cricket match and he told me that Australians Segregate from English people and was hostile to him and his friends so the aussie are not that tolerant are they?

Your well out of it Sam, Will

Did anyone mention the flies in Australia 😂

The racism on here is ridiculous. Get educated fellas.

It's great to get experience of living and working in another country. I've been very fortunate, possibly due to my earlier life in the Army (they paid for my HGV 1 that I never use!) and getting a taste for travel. Been to 73+ countries and 40 US States so far. I've probably spent half of my life living or working abroad. You'll find plus and minus points everywhere you go, may even find things to complain about that that you never even considered previously. What I found living in hot climes was that the summers become similar to UK (Scottish in my case) winters, where you simply don't have so much inclination to spend time outdoors. The cost of living has certainly increased in the UK but I would say that overall, it's still very affordable, compared to many parts of the world, especially, when you look at overall cost of living. I can do many things, far cheaper here, than I could even when I was working in developing countries. I wish you the best on your trip to Oz and it all works out to your expectations. From my experience, folks who leave the UK and move to Oz seem to think it's the best move ever. Others, who live elsewhere, after growing up in the UK, then move to Oz, seem less keen.

container work out felixstowe £1200 per week what’s wrong with that how much more do you want

Good thing . The place is finished. The country has been given away to losers 😂