The fact that the UK has the highest proportion of impoverished children of all the first-world countries is another indicator as well as the widening wealth gap between the rich and the poor which casts a shadow over the govt of the day

Perhaps, but in which country would you rather be an impoverished child, the UK or elsewhere? You maintain there is not a better deal for teaching english in China, and with my present job in south china, I am inclined to agree, although I don't agree it pays the best, especially for younger FT's or those who need/want to make savings, but perhaps o/t. I maintain an impoverished kid in the UK is better off than in India or parts of a certain country we both know well. Wealth gap, not only unique to the UK either, one country has men who can never get married, and imagine the simmering powderkeg of anger, jealousy and resentment that is building. Quid pro quo in my book....

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