Amadeus Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Oh, the man has a point: Mike Oldfield quits 'prep school Britain' over smoking ban Tubular Bells composer Mike Oldfield has quit Britain because the smoking ban and health-and-safety culture have made life "intolerable". The multi-millionaire is selling his £3.5million Gloucestershire mansion and has moved to Spain, where he says people have more freedom. He said Britain had become too strict, with its "ludicrous" emphasis on health-and-safety rules and the increased use of CCTV and speed cameras. The 54-year-old musician told The Mail on Sunday: "I went to a very strict prep school. You were so restricted. It was one of the worst times in my life. "Britain has been getting more and more like that, what with this health-and-safety business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Tubular Bails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Tubular Bells composer Mike Oldfield has quit Britain because the smoking ban and health-and-safety culture have made life "intolerable". Not the first, with very many to follow no doubt. Despite all of the immigration to the UK, emmigration is at it's highest level ever in the UK...and although some of the immigrants are talented and well qualified, the bulk of economic migrants are not replacing the very many: talented, well qualified and experienced people; who are leaving the UK and going to the US, Australia and elsewhere in droves. I though Mike Oldfield lived here some of the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Fixed the story: The multi-millionaire is selling his £3.5million Gloucestershire mansion and has moved to Spain, where he says its sunnier and he will pay less tax. This is just standard 'I'm leaving your all shit' syndrome. Why can't he be fucking honest about it, rather than slag everything on the way out the door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsticks Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Everything he did apart from Tubular Bells was crap anyway. Except Moonlight Shadow, that was jaunty. Mind you, it doesn't take much for him to find things "intolerable" does it? "I CAN NO LONGER POISON OTHER PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR WILL! INTOLERABLE! FUCK IT, I'M OFF!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Particularly amusing as spain banned smoking before the UK did too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Particularly amusing as spain banned smoking before the UK did too... LINK TO ARTICLE The Spanish government, while being seen to promote health by making public places such as schools and airports smoke-free, inserted a compromise in the legislation which allows those of the nicotine persuasion to feed their habit relatively unhindered. The law allows patrons of licensed premises under 100 square metres in size to decide whether or not to allow smoking. Of the 20 establishments where a refreshment can be taken on my bit of La Rambla de Poblenou, only three have opted to tell smokers to fug off. One is a bread shop and another is a pizza takeaway, both with a few tables and chairs but hardly the kind of places you would choose to stop for a smoke. The third is a coffee shop, which is the only location where you might want to engage in a recreational puff where it is banned. In the rest of the joints, it is lighting-up time as usual. Not quite the same as the UK bans, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Fuck off Hippy! It's the people that bought his godawful records in the seventies, who made all these rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 That reminds me - anyone see the clip of Branson bungee jumping into a Vegas hotel? Very funny............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karellen Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Seems lots of people thinking of leaving. A quick Google reveals that the following are all thinking of "quitting Britain" Ewan MacGregor Lewis Hamilton Audley Harrison AMP, the Australian financial group HSBC Bank George Michael Madonna Kate Moss Ant and Dec ....and smarties link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 ....and smarties link Only smarties have the answer Cadburys too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I think this is the start of the obvious, more and more non-exsistent people are moving to Britain & the legitimate British people are moving out. Its a bit of a crappy place really, theres not much in the way of real industry and a country cannot survive on 'banks' forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well i think the guy is right, i know off 4 people who have moved in the past 12 months to spain. I know if i had the money he had i would never want to live here or the UK. Your health suffers once you get to a certain age in the UK at least in spain and the likes you have not got a massive heating bill for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well i think the guy is right, i know off 4 people who have moved in the past 12 months to spain. I know if i had the money he had i would never want to live here or the UK. Your health suffers once you get to a certain age in the UK at least in spain and the likes you have not got a massive heating bill for a start. And if you had the money he had (or has, strictly speaking) your heating bill would have no impact on your health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 What i mean is the people i know who live out there really love the climate and the relaxed way of life, i personally hope that when i retire i can move out there myself. There is a lot of people who migrate in october and come back in april, and if you ever get to the UK you will understand why people want to move. Grey gloomy winters or sunny warm ones it aint a hard choice is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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