I mean, we live different lifestyles. UK people coming here often find us barbaric, and I am not gonna lie, no washer and dryer does sound like hell. I have also watched quite a lot of British news and heard a lot of citizens mention how TERFy it can be there, and it genuinely seems worse then it is here, even mid-attack on trans people, which sounds absolutely barbaric to me as a transgender American. I think both places suck in unique ways.
Come here and see for yourself, you might be surprised. And make sure you don’t just stay in London. That’s not how most of the UK is. London’s not worse, it’s just atypical.
and heard a lot of citizens mention how TERFy it can be there
That’s just the politicians. The Conservatives and the Reform (fascist) party are bigots; Labour is infiltrated by TERFs. The Greens have an inclusive policy. I have trans friends and colleagues, and the official discrimination here isn’t nearly as bad as it is in the US under Trump, so far. And in daily social life, people just get along. It’s also less homophobic here, even in a largely rural county like the one I live in.
That was four (Cons, Labour, Greens and Reform) and even then I simplified. There are two more small nationwide parties that I didn’t mention (Restore, for the voters who don’t think Reform is fascist enough) and the Liberal Democrats (a centrist party that has hung on for decades, but seems increasingly irrelevant lately). Then there are the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru (the Welsh nationalists).
It’s effectively a two-party system in the UK. In England, that has been Labour and the Conservatives, but the Conservatives’ support has collapsed and been replaced by Reform. In Scotland, the two major parties are the SNP and Labour. In Wales, it’s now Labour and Plaid.
I mean, we live different lifestyles. UK people coming here often find us barbaric, and I am not gonna lie, no washer and dryer does sound like hell. I have also watched quite a lot of British news and heard a lot of citizens mention how TERFy it can be there, and it genuinely seems worse then it is here, even mid-attack on trans people, which sounds absolutely barbaric to me as a transgender American. I think both places suck in unique ways.
Yeah, the UK always struck me as extremely conservative.
Come here and see for yourself, you might be surprised. And make sure you don’t just stay in London. That’s not how most of the UK is. London’s not worse, it’s just atypical.
That’s just the politicians. The Conservatives and the Reform (fascist) party are bigots; Labour is infiltrated by TERFs. The Greens have an inclusive policy. I have trans friends and colleagues, and the official discrimination here isn’t nearly as bad as it is in the US under Trump, so far. And in daily social life, people just get along. It’s also less homophobic here, even in a largely rural county like the one I live in.
Whoah there, that’s three political parties you named. Us here in the US of A can’t count past two politcal parties.
That was four (Cons, Labour, Greens and Reform) and even then I simplified. There are two more small nationwide parties that I didn’t mention (Restore, for the voters who don’t think Reform is fascist enough) and the Liberal Democrats (a centrist party that has hung on for decades, but seems increasingly irrelevant lately). Then there are the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru (the Welsh nationalists).
It’s effectively a two-party system in the UK. In England, that has been Labour and the Conservatives, but the Conservatives’ support has collapsed and been replaced by Reform. In Scotland, the two major parties are the SNP and Labour. In Wales, it’s now Labour and Plaid.
I’m green with envy.