Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008) - Go Travel Insurance
Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008)Go Travel Insurance, UK - Sep 17, 2008Caxton FX also advises Britons to steer clear of popular resorts such as Courchevel, Meribel, St Anton, Verbier and Courmayer and instead, opt for a trip to ... |
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4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
4174 US Military Deaths in IraqShortNews.com, Germany - Sep 27, 2008176 Britons have died in Iraq; 33 Italians have died in Iraq; 18 Ukrainians have died in Iraq; 21 Poles have died in Iraq; 13 Bulgarians have died in Iraq; ... |
4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
Bulgarians not concerned about Russia’s role as an energy provider ... - Sofia Echo
Bulgarians not concerned about Russia’s role as an energy provider ... - Sofia Echo
The results reveal that Bulgaria was the least concerned out of 13 countries. In comparison, only 13 per cent of the Polish, 21 per cent of the Germans, 23 per cent of the Romanians and 24 per cent of Britons and Italians each say they are not concerned. It also reveals Bulgarians have the warmest feelings towards Russia, rating it 66 out of a possible 100, while Turkey scored it only 18. However, Europeans are less willing than Americans to support restrictions in co-operating with Russia in international organisations. It measures broad public opinion in the US and 12 European countries and annually gauges transatlantic relations. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of these materials is strictly forbidden.
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
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Emigration: the great escapeTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 26, 2008Caxton has seen Britons buying permanent homes in Brazil, Bulgaria and the Seychelles - all countries which have relaxed property-purchase laws in recent ... |
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
Graham Norwood reports on a new wave of emigration When the going gets tough, the tough go abroad. People can secure property in Australia and New Zealand for less than £200,000."advertisementIncreasingly, however, people are looking to more exotic locations. Britons have only 28 days holiday a year compared to 40 in France, we retire later and die earlier. Spending on health and education are below the EU average. The analysis of 19 financial and lifestyle factors found Spain with the best quality of life, followed by France. My friends ask why on earth I haven't moved out there."The move is partly down to work. You are here:Telegraph>Property>OverseasContact us | Forgotten your password?
The Day of Bansko, Bulgaria - Property Wire
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The Day of Bansko, BulgariaProperty Wire, UK - Sep 30, 2008According to data published on A Place in the Sun over 14500 Britons purchased property in Bulgaria last year, bringing the overall total to 40000 to date. ... |
The Day of Bansko, Bulgaria - Property Wire
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats WarnedShelter Offshore, UK - Oct 3, 2008According to the Daily Mail, 75000 Britons are choosing a new life abroad over their traditional life in the UK every single year – but in a frank survey ... |
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
Just 2 years ago the pound was worth almost EUR 1.50, whereas today, at the time of writing this it has slipped to just EUR 1.27. On top of this inflation in the eurozone has gone up sharply on everything from fuel to food prices, with one expat living in Spain telling us that she has noticed almost a 30% gain in grocery costs alone in the last two years. Prices for fuel in Cyprus have soared, prices for building materials in Bulgaria have risen sharply, and everywhere you look expats are feeling the pinch – none more so than those living in America of course. Do not assume that because property prices or taxes are lower in your nation of choice, that everything will be cheaper. Next up we need to talk about relativity! The cost of living in Bulgaria may be much cheaper than the cost of living in Britain…but when you move to live and work in Bulgaria you join the Bulgarian economy. When observed from the outside UK is a volatile basket case – fine if you’re in it for the ride – but if you step off the ride at any point and expatriate, it can be impossible to jump back on again! Therefore, by leaving your old life behind and starting a new one abroad you are not so much escaping all of the aforementioned factors, as relocating them to new shores – i.e., who you are comes with you wherever you live! If you’re unhappy with your life and where you are at in life perhaps you should look at the deep reasons why rather than just contemplating an escape. Shelter Offshore writers and contributors are subject to an Editorial Guide which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
EC Minister highlights social networking site importance - Telecom Paper (subscription)
EC Minister highlights social networking site importance - Telecom Paper (subscription)
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Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
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Lord Thomson of MonifiethTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 5, 2008Thomson's first ministerial duties concerned Britons caught in massacres in the Congo and efforts to establish a credible United Nations presence, ... |
Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
Spain top for overseas property investments - Money High Street
Spain top for overseas property investments - Money High Street
The Spanish property market was the subject of 15 per cent of all enquiries from UK investors received by Conti Financial Services last year. In second place was France, with 14 per cent, followed by Turkey and the USA at 11 per cent and nine per cent respectively. Meanwhile, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Dubai, Portugal, Italy and Germany rounded off the top-ten. Simon Conn, sales and marketing director at Conti Financial Services, said that the appeal of Spain and France can be principally attributed to a combination of "affordable prices, low interest rates, easy access and great weather".
The credit crisis hits home - mine - Electric New Paper
The credit crisis hits home - mineElectric New Paper, Singapore - Oct 3, 2008Like millions of Britons, I am half Irish, so it seemed obvious to my wife and me to move to Ireland, where our family live. ... |
The credit crisis hits home - mine - Electric New Paper
Market Overview, Ski Resorts - Quest Bulgaria Property Magazine
Market Overview, Ski Resorts - Quest Bulgaria Property Magazine
Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008) - Go Travel Insurance
Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008)Go Travel Insurance, UK - Sep 17, 2008Caxton FX also advises Britons to steer clear of popular resorts such as Courchevel, Meribel, St Anton, Verbier and Courmayer and instead, opt for a trip to ... |
Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008) - Go Travel Insurance
Travel News About Travel Extras Home Go Travel NewsAdd the latest headlines to your news reader News ArchiveBefore You Go! Know Before You GoOnline travel advice from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office We Sell Cheap Travel Insurance Online or by Phone Before You Go > Latest Travel News Ski 'on a budget' (17 Sep 2008)Going skiing or snow-boarding?
4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
4174 US Military Deaths in IraqShortNews.com, Germany - Sep 27, 2008176 Britons have died in Iraq; 33 Italians have died in Iraq; 18 Ukrainians have died in Iraq; 21 Poles have died in Iraq; 13 Bulgarians have died in Iraq; ... |
4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
Bulgarians not concerned about Russia’s role as an energy provider ... - Sofia Echo
Bulgarians not concerned about Russia’s role as an energy provider ... - Sofia Echo
The results reveal that Bulgaria was the least concerned out of 13 countries. In comparison, only 13 per cent of the Polish, 21 per cent of the Germans, 23 per cent of the Romanians and 24 per cent of Britons and Italians each say they are not concerned. It also reveals Bulgarians have the warmest feelings towards Russia, rating it 66 out of a possible 100, while Turkey scored it only 18. However, Europeans are less willing than Americans to support restrictions in co-operating with Russia in international organisations. It measures broad public opinion in the US and 12 European countries and annually gauges transatlantic relations. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of these materials is strictly forbidden.
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
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Emigration: the great escapeTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 26, 2008Caxton has seen Britons buying permanent homes in Brazil, Bulgaria and the Seychelles - all countries which have relaxed property-purchase laws in recent ... |
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
The Day of Bansko, Bulgaria - Property Wire
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The Day of Bansko, BulgariaProperty Wire, UK - Sep 30, 2008According to data published on A Place in the Sun over 14500 Britons purchased property in Bulgaria last year, bringing the overall total to 40000 to date. ... |
The Day of Bansko, Bulgaria - Property Wire
It really is a great place and we can also see the rental potential which was something that drew us to this particular development."As Bansko day approaches it is still positive to see that demand for second properties in Bulgaria is not waning. According to data published on A Place in the Sun over 14,500 Britons purchased property in Bulgaria last year, bringing the overall total to 40,000 to date. Nevertheless, performance is very varied, with prices still rising rapidly in several locations in Asia and Eastern Europe.
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats WarnedShelter Offshore, UK - Oct 3, 2008According to the Daily Mail, 75000 Britons are choosing a new life abroad over their traditional life in the UK every single year – but in a frank survey ... |
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
EC Minister highlights social networking site importance - Telecom Paper (subscription)
EC Minister highlights social networking site importance - Telecom Paper (subscription)
Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
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Lord Thomson of MonifiethTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 5, 2008Thomson's first ministerial duties concerned Britons caught in massacres in the Congo and efforts to establish a credible United Nations presence, ... |
Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
George Thomson began his working life editing The Dandy. He went on to hold several cabinet posts under Harold Wilson, came to champion Britain's membership of the European Community and was one of the UK's first Commissioners. Created a life peer in 1977 and a Knight of the Thistle four years after, he chaired in turn the European Movement, the Advertising Standards Authority and the Independent Broadcasting Authority. In eight turbulent years at the IBA, he oversaw the controversial launches of Channel 4 and TV-am and paved the way for satellite television. His most controversial action was to reject, in 1988, an appeal from the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, to ban the Thames documentary Death on the Rock, questioning the official account of how SAS men gunned down three will-be IRA bombers in Gibraltar. When Margaret Thatcher condemned the decision, he accused her of "grossly over-reacting". She took her revenge by putting ITV franchises up for auction and ending the IBA's combined role as regulator, transmitter, franchising authority and arbiter of taste. Thomson began his political life an ardent supporter of the Commonwealth and ended it a convinced European, arguing that the best service Britain can do the Commonwealth was to make a success of EU membership. With great energy and a permanently rumpled suit, he campaigned as regional affairs commissioner for Europe's worst-off areas, being as depressed by conditions in Sicily as in his native Scotland. He upset French grandees in Brussels by serving drinks himself at cocktail parties, and asking everyone to address him as "George". In government, eventually as Commonwealth Secretary, Thomson proved a diplomat rather than an ideologue, and an impressive parliamentarian. He was a tough but fair negotiator with Ian Smith, withstood Spanish threats to Gibraltar and gave television "fireside chats" in Romania and Bulgaria. Normally patient and affable, Thomson can blow his top. He did so memorably when in 1967 he carpeted the Chinese chargé d'affaires over the sacking of the British chancery in Beijing by a Maoist mob at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He was also resourceful, concealing a crib sheet in his top hat when introducing Commonwealth leaders at Royal garden parties. He gave his mentor valuable support in the autumn of 1960 when Labour's conference defied him and voted to ban the bomb, and backed him when, in 1962, he came close to slamming the door on Europe. After Hugh Gaitskell's death Thomson, like most of his supporters, moved to a strongly pro-European line; Wilson twice briefly made him "Mr Europe", but his continued enthusiasm as Edward Heath finally secured membership put him at odds with his leader. Thomson never lost his gritty Dundonian accent. This can lead to misunderstandings, as when, in 1965, Cairo Radio mischievously claimed he had told sheikhs in the Gulf that "British rule will continue unchanged". George Morgan Thomson was born on January 16 1921, the son of James Thomson of Monifieth and his wife Caroline. George was educated at Grove Academy, Dundee, started as a 15s-a-week trainee with DC Thomson – editing the Rover and Dandy and reporting for the company's daily papers – before serving in the RAF from 1940 to 1946. On demobilisation he became assistant editor of the Scottish Labour weekly Forward, performing as editor from 1948 a balancing act between the Bevanite instincts of the Scottish party and his own moderate views. Supplementing his wages of £10 a week by giving extramural lectures on current affairs for Glasgow University, Thomson established formidable party contacts, and in 1950 contested the then-safe Tory seat of Glasgow Hillhead. Then, in a July 1952 by-election, he held Dundee East after the death of the sitting Labour member, doubling the majority to 8,126. Having joined the Fabian Colonial Bureau almost as soon as the Labour Party, Thomson specialised in the Commons on education, nutrition and political development in Britain's still-extensive possessions; Gaitskell appointed him a colonial affairs spokesman. A strident critic of the Conservative government's Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which he believed a device to thwart majority rule, he saw Smith's UDI as the inevitable result. Thomson campaigned vociferously against unilateralism, to the outrage of his local party, and helped run James Callaghan's unsuccessful deputy leadership campaign against George Brown. In 1963 he stood for the shadow cabinet but finished 29th and last. When Labour came to power in 1964 Wilson sent him to the Foreign Office as minister of state. With the foreign secretary, the ill-fated Patrick Gordon-Walker, having lost his seat, his parliamentary workload and responsibilities were considerable until Gordon-Walker suffered a second defeat and resigned. Thomson's first ministerial duties concerned Britons caught in massacres in the Congo and efforts to establish a credible United Nations presence, but he was involved in affairs from Vietnam to the Middle East. In September 1965 he made the first visit to Cairo by a British minister since Suez; President Nasser snubbed him, citing Britain's anti-terrorist measures in Aden, and the event was overshadowed for Egyptians by the simultaneous arrival of Sir Stanley Matthews. After Labour's re-election in 1966, Wilson made Thomson "Minister for Europe" and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, still in the Foreign Office. With Brown spearheading the drive for membership, Thomson briefly secured a French assurance that it will not renew its veto, only for de Gaulle to throw a further spanner in the works. At the start of 1967 he reverted to minister of state, Fred Mulley taking the European brief; Wilson's adviser Thomas Balogh thought Thomson was selling British membership too convincingly. Wilson now charged Thomson with defusing the looming crisis in Aden. He concluded that if British troops were to stay until the threat of conflict had subsided they will be there indefinitely, so the least damaging outcome involved a speedy withdrawal. His view was reinforced in June 1967 when 22 British soldiers were killed during tribal shoot-outs; his handling of the House on this occasion earned wide praise. In August 1967 he entered the Cabinet as Commonwealth Secretary, inheriting two highly sensitive issues: UDI and the Nigerian civil war, where despite parliamentary sympathy for breakaway Biafra the government will not undercut the Federal authorities. That autumn Thomson met Smith in Salisbury; the talks were polite but hints of Rhodesian concessions proved, as ever, illusory. He returned convinced a settlement was further away than ever. In October 1968 Thomson and Wilson met Smith on board the transport dock Fearless at Gibraltar; the proposals that emerged outraged the Left, alarmed Commonwealth leaders and were disowned by Smith. Lingering hopes of a settlement vanished the next March when Rhodesia hanged three Africans who had been granted a Royal reprieve on Thomson's recommendation. Thomson staunchly supported sanctions against Rhodesia, but will a decade later be accused of conniving at the continued supply of oil. BP and Shell told the 1978 Bingham inquiry they had advised Thomson they were diverting oil from South Africa to supply Rhodesia through Mozambique, and that he kept this information to himself. When Thomson checked his cabinet papers he found he had reported the exchange to Wilson, who implausibly insisted it had not been brought to his attention. January 1968 brought Thomson's nine-day tour to "sell" Britain's accelerated disengagement east of Suez to governments in the region. On the eve of talks with Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew, Lee upstaged him by flying to London to see Wilson. The reason for Lee's anger, The Daily Telegraph's Stephen Barber ascertained, was not that Lee wanted Britain to stay; he wanted to enhance his nationalist credentials by appearing to force Britain out. Thomson's life calmed when, in March 1968, Wilson finally accepted Brown's resignation as Foreign Secretary after a series of bathetic episodes brought about by drink. There was speculation that Thomson will succeed Michael Stewart, the new Foreign Secretary, when the Foreign and Commonwealth offices merged that October, but instead Thomson lost his department, staying in the Cabinet as minister without portfolio. He twice more visited Salisbury, but a fortnight negotiating with Smith resolved only points of detail and, after reporting to a Commonwealth conference, he gave up this responsibility. For nine months Thomson trod water co-ordinating Cabinet committees, working on local government reorganisation and finally getting to meet Nasser. Then in October 1969 Wilson made him Chancellor of the Duchy again, this time as deputy to Stewart and once more minister for Europe as Britain's application was dusted down. A target entry date of January 1973 was set, but days before negotiations were to open at the end of June 1970 Labour was unexpectedly defeated at the polls. Thomson was elected to the Shadow Cabinet, taking on the defence portfolio; he exploited the Heath Government's discomfiture as it admitted there can be no revival of imperial commitments. He also had searching questions as the Army became embroiled in the escalating "troubles" in Northern Ireland. Labour in opposition lost its enthusiasm for Europe, but Thomson sided with Roy Jenkins in voting for Heath's application despite threats from his own side. He angered Wilson by asserting that the terms available to Heath will have been accepted by a Labour government. Then, in April 1972, the shadow cabinet committed Labour to a referendum on membership, and Thomson resigned with Jenkins and Harold Lever, going on to chair the Labour Committee for Europe. Thomson's appointment to the European Commission in October 1972 came as no surprise. But it angered many Labour MPs who felt he had "ratted" on the party, and he provoked them further by choosing as his chef de cabinet Gwyn Morgan, Labour's deputy general secretary. Left-wingers pressed in vain for their expulsion, but Labour did embarrass Thomson by boycotting the European Parliament. On January 5 1973, having resigned his seat, Thomson arrived at the Berlaymont armed with perfect European credentials and rusty French. Given the regional policy portfolio by the commission's French president François-Xavier Ortoli, he set out to demonstrate that EC membership can benefit Britain, taking his message to the regions. He proposed a regional development fund to benefit the community's poorest areas, but fell foul of moves by France and Germany to curb its size. After almost two years of wrangling, the fund was approved and restructured to give extra help to Italy and Ireland; Britain's initial take was just £20 million a year. In the February 1974 election Thomson warned Labour leaders of "formidable obstacles" should they try to renegotiate the Treaty of Accession, adding that withdrawal was almost a legal impossibility. With Labour back in power he campaigned hard – and successfully – for a vote to stay in, earning condemnation from Peter Shore for "spreading EC propaganda". With UK membership confirmed and Labour's boycott over, he set his cap at the presidency, which was in Britain's gift, but was outranked by Jenkins. There was talk of his becoming ambassador in Washington, but Wilson's successor James Callaghan reserved that plum for his son-in-law Peter Jay, and Thomson returned to London. Created a life peer in the 1977 New Year's Honours (he wanted to incorporate Dundee in his title but fell foul of the existing earldom), Thomson found himself in demand. At the ASA he condemned a Smirnoff vodka advertisement showing a girl in the sea wearing a lifebelt labelled "SS Titanic", castigated racy tabloids for refusing birth control advertisements and took on pedants who complained of poor grammar in the authority's own literature. The post was good training for something weightier. The Conservative Home Secretary William Whitelaw appointed Thomson deputy chairman of the IBA from February 1980, and chairman from the start of 1981 in succession to Lady Plowden. Thomson told Whitelaw he had never seen Coronation Street, but was soon hooked. He arrived at the IBA with new channels on the way, and Mrs Thatcher demanding laissez-faire in broadcasting except where sex, bad language and political bias were concerned. Within weeks of Channel 4 taking the air in the autumn of 1982, Thomson, under pressure from Whitelaw, was administering a rocket to its chief executive, Jeremy Isaacs, about complaints of swearing and violence from its sparse initial audience. As the channel improved, his younger daughter Caroline joined it as a commissioning editor; Thomson showed his impartiality by banning one of her programmes. Thomson incurred odium in the City for blocking Carlton's attempt to take over Thames, and Rank's bid for Granada. He was also instrumental in forming the BSB consortium which will conspicuously fail to compete with Rupert Murdoch's Sky. As the Peacock Committee set up by Mrs Thatcher to emasculate the BBC turned to ITV instead, he realised the danger too late to stop the "auction" system for franchises replacing that under which the IBA issued them on the basis of programme quality. He left the now-doomed IBA at the end of 1988, predicting "near-anarchy". In September 1989, after a "decent interval" since leaving the IBA, Thomson joined the Liberal Democrats. He described his decision as a "family affair"; his daughter Caroline was married to the former SDP candidate Roger Liddle (later an adviser to Tony Blair) and her elder sister Ailsa to Dick (now Lord) Newby, the party's national treasurer. He became the party's spokesman on foreign affairs and broadcasting, deploring Murdoch's growing power and defending News At Ten against the ITV companies' efforts to scrap it to permit the uninterrupted showing of feature films. He was at various times chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, the Leeds Castle trustees and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust; he also served on the Nolan Committee investigating "sleaze". George Thomson married Grace Jenkins in 1948; Lady Thomson and their two daughters survive him. Paint For The PlanetYoung artists from around the world are helping to fight climate change.
Spain top for overseas property investments - Money High Street
Spain top for overseas property investments - Money High Street
The Spanish property market was the subject of 15 per cent of all enquiries from UK investors received by Conti Financial Services last year. In second place was France, with 14 per cent, followed by Turkey and the USA at 11 per cent and nine per cent respectively. Meanwhile, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Dubai, Portugal, Italy and Germany rounded off the top-ten. Simon Conn, sales and marketing director at Conti Financial Services, said that the appeal of Spain and France can be principally attributed to a combination of "affordable prices, low interest rates, easy access and great weather".
4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
4174 US Military Deaths in IraqShortNews.com, Germany - Sep 27, 2008176 Britons have died in Iraq; 33 Italians have died in Iraq; 18 Ukrainians have died in Iraq; 21 Poles have died in Iraq; 13 Bulgarians have died in Iraq; ... |
4174 US Military Deaths in Iraq - ShortNews.com
ShortNews User Poll Are you keeping up with the US Presidential debates? Military Deaths in IraqAt least 4,174 members of the American military have died in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, according to the Associated Press. That includes eight military civilians killed in action.Hostile action has taken the lives of at least 3,379 U.S. The AP's count largely agrees with the assessment of the U.S. On another note, halfway through the third paragraph I started thinking the post was referring to service dogs. I mean that lightheartedly by the way, Jane. Because every soldier that did not die IN Iraq is not counted. And countless died in Germany after they have been flown out of Iraq. Can't say I really feel sorry for the invaders. I know there's been cases where somebody was shot and decades later died because of the complication of the shooting and the shooter was later convicted of murder. But then again these are two parallel yet completely separate cases. Soldiers die in the Landstuhl hospital in Germany. I don't agree with why we went in there in the first place but getting rid of Sadam was one great thing that came out of it. I have seen a lot of shows and news reports about how he was testing Bio warfare on small towns and when they did not have the kill rate he wanted he will retry it till he got the numbers! And as bad as the media makes it a lot of people over welcome and thank the soldiers for being there!!!!
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
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Emigration: the great escapeTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 26, 2008Caxton has seen Britons buying permanent homes in Brazil, Bulgaria and the Seychelles - all countries which have relaxed property-purchase laws in recent ... |
Emigration: the great escape - Telegraph.co.uk
Graham Norwood reports on a new wave of emigration When the going gets tough, the tough go abroad. People can secure property in Australia and New Zealand for less than £200,000."advertisementIncreasingly, however, people are looking to more exotic locations. Britons have only 28 days holiday a year compared to 40 in France, we retire later and die earlier. Spending on health and education are below the EU average. The analysis of 19 financial and lifestyle factors found Spain with the best quality of life, followed by France. My friends ask why on earth I haven't moved out there."The move is partly down to work. You are here:Telegraph>Property>OverseasContact us | Forgotten your password?
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats WarnedShelter Offshore, UK - Oct 3, 2008According to the Daily Mail, 75000 Britons are choosing a new life abroad over their traditional life in the UK every single year – but in a frank survey ... |
‘Get Real’ Would-be Expats Warned - Shelter Offshore
Just 2 years ago the pound was worth almost EUR 1.50, whereas today, at the time of writing this it has slipped to just EUR 1.27. On top of this inflation in the eurozone has gone up sharply on everything from fuel to food prices, with one expat living in Spain telling us that she has noticed almost a 30% gain in grocery costs alone in the last two years. Prices for fuel in Cyprus have soared, prices for building materials in Bulgaria have risen sharply, and everywhere you look expats are feeling the pinch – none more so than those living in America of course. Do not assume that because property prices or taxes are lower in your nation of choice, that everything will be cheaper. Next up we need to talk about relativity! The cost of living in Bulgaria may be much cheaper than the cost of living in Britain…but when you move to live and work in Bulgaria you join the Bulgarian economy. When observed from the outside UK is a volatile basket case – fine if you’re in it for the ride – but if you step off the ride at any point and expatriate, it can be impossible to jump back on again! Therefore, by leaving your old life behind and starting a new one abroad you are not so much escaping all of the aforementioned factors, as relocating them to new shores – i.e., who you are comes with you wherever you live! If you’re unhappy with your life and where you are at in life perhaps you should look at the deep reasons why rather than just contemplating an escape. Shelter Offshore writers and contributors are subject to an Editorial Guide which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
EC Minister highlights social networking site importance - Telecom Paper (subscription)
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Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
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Lord Thomson of MonifiethTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 5, 2008Thomson's first ministerial duties concerned Britons caught in massacres in the Congo and efforts to establish a credible United Nations presence, ... |
Lord Thomson of Monifieth - Telegraph.co.uk
George Thomson began his working life editing The Dandy. He went on to hold several cabinet posts under Harold Wilson, came to champion Britain's membership of the European Community and was one of the UK's first Commissioners. Created a life peer in 1977 and a Knight of the Thistle four years after, he chaired in turn the European Movement, the Advertising Standards Authority and the Independent Broadcasting Authority. In eight turbulent years at the IBA, he oversaw the controversial launches of Channel 4 and TV-am and paved the way for satellite television. His most controversial action was to reject, in 1988, an appeal from the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, to ban the Thames documentary Death on the Rock, questioning the official account of how SAS men gunned down three will-be IRA bombers in Gibraltar. When Margaret Thatcher condemned the decision, he accused her of "grossly over-reacting". She took her revenge by putting ITV franchises up for auction and ending the IBA's combined role as regulator, transmitter, franchising authority and arbiter of taste. Thomson began his political life an ardent supporter of the Commonwealth and ended it a convinced European, arguing that the best service Britain can do the Commonwealth was to make a success of EU membership. With great energy and a permanently rumpled suit, he campaigned as regional affairs commissioner for Europe's worst-off areas, being as depressed by conditions in Sicily as in his native Scotland. He upset French grandees in Brussels by serving drinks himself at cocktail parties, and asking everyone to address him as "George". In government, eventually as Commonwealth Secretary, Thomson proved a diplomat rather than an ideologue, and an impressive parliamentarian. He was a tough but fair negotiator with Ian Smith, withstood Spanish threats to Gibraltar and gave television "fireside chats" in Romania and Bulgaria. Normally patient and affable, Thomson can blow his top. He did so memorably when in 1967 he carpeted the Chinese chargé d'affaires over the sacking of the British chancery in Beijing by a Maoist mob at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He was also resourceful, concealing a crib sheet in his top hat when introducing Commonwealth leaders at Royal garden parties. He gave his mentor valuable support in the autumn of 1960 when Labour's conference defied him and voted to ban the bomb, and backed him when, in 1962, he came close to slamming the door on Europe. After Hugh Gaitskell's death Thomson, like most of his supporters, moved to a strongly pro-European line; Wilson twice briefly made him "Mr Europe", but his continued enthusiasm as Edward Heath finally secured membership put him at odds with his leader. Thomson never lost his gritty Dundonian accent. This can lead to misunderstandings, as when, in 1965, Cairo Radio mischievously claimed he had told sheikhs in the Gulf that "British rule will continue unchanged". George Morgan Thomson was born on January 16 1921, the son of James Thomson of Monifieth and his wife Caroline. George was educated at Grove Academy, Dundee, started as a 15s-a-week trainee with DC Thomson – editing the Rover and Dandy and reporting for the company's daily papers – before serving in the RAF from 1940 to 1946. On demobilisation he became assistant editor of the Scottish Labour weekly Forward, performing as editor from 1948 a balancing act between the Bevanite instincts of the Scottish party and his own moderate views. Supplementing his wages of £10 a week by giving extramural lectures on current affairs for Glasgow University, Thomson established formidable party contacts, and in 1950 contested the then-safe Tory seat of Glasgow Hillhead. Then, in a July 1952 by-election, he held Dundee East after the death of the sitting Labour member, doubling the majority to 8,126. Having joined the Fabian Colonial Bureau almost as soon as the Labour Party, Thomson specialised in the Commons on education, nutrition and political development in Britain's still-extensive possessions; Gaitskell appointed him a colonial affairs spokesman. A strident critic of the Conservative government's Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which he believed a device to thwart majority rule, he saw Smith's UDI as the inevitable result. Thomson campaigned vociferously against unilateralism, to the outrage of his local party, and helped run James Callaghan's unsuccessful deputy leadership campaign against George Brown. In 1963 he stood for the shadow cabinet but finished 29th and last. When Labour came to power in 1964 Wilson sent him to the Foreign Office as minister of state. With the foreign secretary, the ill-fated Patrick Gordon-Walker, having lost his seat, his parliamentary workload and responsibilities were considerable until Gordon-Walker suffered a second defeat and resigned. Thomson's first ministerial duties concerned Britons caught in massacres in the Congo and efforts to establish a credible United Nations presence, but he was involved in affairs from Vietnam to the Middle East. In September 1965 he made the first visit to Cairo by a British minister since Suez; President Nasser snubbed him, citing Britain's anti-terrorist measures in Aden, and the event was overshadowed for Egyptians by the simultaneous arrival of Sir Stanley Matthews. After Labour's re-election in 1966, Wilson made Thomson "Minister for Europe" and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, still in the Foreign Office. With Brown spearheading the drive for membership, Thomson briefly secured a French assurance that it will not renew its veto, only for de Gaulle to throw a further spanner in the works. At the start of 1967 he reverted to minister of state, Fred Mulley taking the European brief; Wilson's adviser Thomas Balogh thought Thomson was selling British membership too convincingly. Wilson now charged Thomson with defusing the looming crisis in Aden. He concluded that if British troops were to stay until the threat of conflict had subsided they will be there indefinitely, so the least damaging outcome involved a speedy withdrawal. His view was reinforced in June 1967 when 22 British soldiers were killed during tribal shoot-outs; his handling of the House on this occasion earned wide praise. In August 1967 he entered the Cabinet as Commonwealth Secretary, inheriting two highly sensitive issues: UDI and the Nigerian civil war, where despite parliamentary sympathy for breakaway Biafra the government will not undercut the Federal authorities. That autumn Thomson met Smith in Salisbury; the talks were polite but hints of Rhodesian concessions proved, as ever, illusory. He returned convinced a settlement was further away than ever. In October 1968 Thomson and Wilson met Smith on board the transport dock Fearless at Gibraltar; the proposals that emerged outraged the Left, alarmed Commonwealth leaders and were disowned by Smith. Lingering hopes of a settlement vanished the next March when Rhodesia hanged three Africans who had been granted a Royal reprieve on Thomson's recommendation. Thomson staunchly supported sanctions against Rhodesia, but will a decade later be accused of conniving at the continued supply of oil. BP and Shell told the 1978 Bingham inquiry they had advised Thomson they were diverting oil from South Africa to supply Rhodesia through Mozambique, and that he kept this information to himself. When Thomson checked his cabinet papers he found he had reported the exchange to Wilson, who implausibly insisted it had not been brought to his attention. January 1968 brought Thomson's nine-day tour to "sell" Britain's accelerated disengagement east of Suez to governments in the region. On the eve of talks with Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew, Lee upstaged him by flying to London to see Wilson. The reason for Lee's anger, The Daily Telegraph's Stephen Barber ascertained, was not that Lee wanted Britain to stay; he wanted to enhance his nationalist credentials by appearing to force Britain out. Thomson's life calmed when, in March 1968, Wilson finally accepted Brown's resignation as Foreign Secretary after a series of bathetic episodes brought about by drink. There was speculation that Thomson will succeed Michael Stewart, the new Foreign Secretary, when the Foreign and Commonwealth offices merged that October, but instead Thomson lost his department, staying in the Cabinet as minister without portfolio. He twice more visited Salisbury, but a fortnight negotiating with Smith resolved only points of detail and, after reporting to a Commonwealth conference, he gave up this responsibility. For nine months Thomson trod water co-ordinating Cabinet committees, working on local government reorganisation and finally getting to meet Nasser. Then in October 1969 Wilson made him Chancellor of the Duchy again, this time as deputy to Stewart and once more minister for Europe as Britain's application was dusted down. A target entry date of January 1973 was set, but days before negotiations were to open at the end of June 1970 Labour was unexpectedly defeated at the polls. Thomson was elected to the Shadow Cabinet, taking on the defence portfolio; he exploited the Heath Government's discomfiture as it admitted there can be no revival of imperial commitments. He also had searching questions as the Army became embroiled in the escalating "troubles" in Northern Ireland. Labour in opposition lost its enthusiasm for Europe, but Thomson sided with Roy Jenkins in voting for Heath's application despite threats from his own side. He angered Wilson by asserting that the terms available to Heath will have been accepted by a Labour government. Then, in April 1972, the shadow cabinet committed Labour to a referendum on membership, and Thomson resigned with Jenkins and Harold Lever, going on to chair the Labour Committee for Europe. Thomson's appointment to the European Commission in October 1972 came as no surprise. But it angered many Labour MPs who felt he had "ratted" on the party, and he provoked them further by choosing as his chef de cabinet Gwyn Morgan, Labour's deputy general secretary. Left-wingers pressed in vain for their expulsion, but Labour did embarrass Thomson by boycotting the European Parliament. On January 5 1973, having resigned his seat, Thomson arrived at the Berlaymont armed with perfect European credentials and rusty French. Given the regional policy portfolio by the commission's French president François-Xavier Ortoli, he set out to demonstrate that EC membership can benefit Britain, taking his message to the regions. He proposed a regional development fund to benefit the community's poorest areas, but fell foul of moves by France and Germany to curb its size. After almost two years of wrangling, the fund was approved and restructured to give extra help to Italy and Ireland; Britain's initial take was just £20 million a year. In the February 1974 election Thomson warned Labour leaders of "formidable obstacles" should they try to renegotiate the Treaty of Accession, adding that withdrawal was almost a legal impossibility. With Labour back in power he campaigned hard – and successfully – for a vote to stay in, earning condemnation from Peter Shore for "spreading EC propaganda". With UK membership confirmed and Labour's boycott over, he set his cap at the presidency, which was in Britain's gift, but was outranked by Jenkins. There was talk of his becoming ambassador in Washington, but Wilson's successor James Callaghan reserved that plum for his son-in-law Peter Jay, and Thomson returned to London. Created a life peer in the 1977 New Year's Honours (he wanted to incorporate Dundee in his title but fell foul of the existing earldom), Thomson found himself in demand. At the ASA he condemned a Smirnoff vodka advertisement showing a girl in the sea wearing a lifebelt labelled "SS Titanic", castigated racy tabloids for refusing birth control advertisements and took on pedants who complained of poor grammar in the authority's own literature. The post was good training for something weightier. The Conservative Home Secretary William Whitelaw appointed Thomson deputy chairman of the IBA from February 1980, and chairman from the start of 1981 in succession to Lady Plowden. Thomson told Whitelaw he had never seen Coronation Street, but was soon hooked. He arrived at the IBA with new channels on the way, and Mrs Thatcher demanding laissez-faire in broadcasting except where sex, bad language and political bias were concerned. Within weeks of Channel 4 taking the air in the autumn of 1982, Thomson, under pressure from Whitelaw, was administering a rocket to its chief executive, Jeremy Isaacs, about complaints of swearing and violence from its sparse initial audience. As the channel improved, his younger daughter Caroline joined it as a commissioning editor; Thomson showed his impartiality by banning one of her programmes. Thomson incurred odium in the City for blocking Carlton's attempt to take over Thames, and Rank's bid for Granada. He was also instrumental in forming the BSB consortium which will conspicuously fail to compete with Rupert Murdoch's Sky. As the Peacock Committee set up by Mrs Thatcher to emasculate the BBC turned to ITV instead, he realised the danger too late to stop the "auction" system for franchises replacing that under which the IBA issued them on the basis of programme quality. He left the now-doomed IBA at the end of 1988, predicting "near-anarchy". In September 1989, after a "decent interval" since leaving the IBA, Thomson joined the Liberal Democrats. He described his decision as a "family affair"; his daughter Caroline was married to the former SDP candidate Roger Liddle (later an adviser to Tony Blair) and her elder sister Ailsa to Dick (now Lord) Newby, the party's national treasurer. He became the party's spokesman on foreign affairs and broadcasting, deploring Murdoch's growing power and defending News At Ten against the ITV companies' efforts to scrap it to permit the uninterrupted showing of feature films. He was at various times chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, the Leeds Castle trustees and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust; he also served on the Nolan Committee investigating "sleaze". George Thomson married Grace Jenkins in 1948; Lady Thomson and their two daughters survive him. 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