Latest figures show that, each week, around 100 young French leave these shores to start a new life in England. Go-ahead-young-guns are finding that ‘les rosbifs’ can offer them a better start in life as opposed to their tax-laiden and admin-loving homeland.
In the UK they can take advantage of it’s lighter taxation laws and it’s appreciation and support of entrepreneurs – something that France only frowns at – then taxes the crap out of all and sundry.
Shortly before the French took on their long-time rivals in the semi-finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, one Frenchman announced that the match was to be “our revenge for Waterloo …”.
… which just happens to be where these youngsters arrive each week to start their new uncomplicated lives.
