Yes, there is absolutely no cost for calling an ambulance in the UK. Even if you don't pay National Insurance (effecively a tax to cover things like medical costs) I have never heard of anyone being charged for the ambulance. If you aren't a UK citizen or EU citizen with a special (practically free) card, then you technically attract a cost at end of any medical care you receive - which is seldom checked, charged or paid. I do not believe you get charged for the ambulance to get to the hospital in the first place. It is basically a public service.

The commenter was refering the UK, not USA - hence the comment about "international health service". Read further up.

Fold, or pinch, space-time. Mosey on to the part of space that you have folded to just in front of you, then unfold. Ta-dah! That's just one way I can think of.

Well it is quite likely that the ones with the required skills have already been snapped up by companies from other parts of the EU that tend to have more contracts. A two month contract is hardly a basis for a reliable income. Move to somewhere like Berlin or London and there will be far more opportunities. Working in FinTech in London I find all the time that the people are am working with are from all across the EU as there are so many more possibilities here in London. This empties the talent pool from the source countries. I hear this all the time from Lithuanians in particular.

London is far wealthier than the rest of the UK as all the skilled people move here from all over the country. Just the same happening but at an international level.

Meh, I think even us Brits have accepted the American definition by now.

But this already happens with benefits tourism. People from Eastern Europe come to the UK and claim job seekers' allowance after 3 months, child benefits for the children they have back home and free healthcare because hospitals do not check eligibility - all at the tax payers' expense. Yes, some of those tax payers are also Eastern Europeans, but I mention this as counter evidence to the above that people within the EU already exploit the large gap between the absolute value differences between the EU nations. The British prime minister is currently trying (and failing) to negotiate changes to allow the UK to discriminate between people in terms of how long they have been in the country to alter what benefits they are entitled to and when.

I will take you up on that - once the Oxford English Dictionary removes all the superfluous 'u's and an equivalent US dictionary removes every single adverb.

Oh and can you PLEASE get them to fix the spelling for aluminium? Aluminum is missing the 'i' unlike in actinium, californium, uranium, plutonium, selenium, etc.

Yes, could Americans please learn the lost art of adverbs?

Are they really that hard? Mostly it is a case of just adding "ly".

It sounds so jarring when they use adjectives in place of the adverbs.

"Come quick(ly)!"

"He is walking too slow(ly)"

"I have fresh(ly) made cookies!"

Give it your best, reach for an A+!

Actually I know that HP do this because I bought some US official HP ink cartridges some years ago when the pound was strong against the dollar. I brought them home, fit perfectly for the same model, and they refused to work. I called HP and they said it was because they region locked them. I ditched the printer (they are the cheap part, right?) and bought a different branded one instead. I will never buy an HP printer again.

Bah, it was a popular decision with the public - and that is what democracy is all about!

I hope they aren't replacing them in all areas. I have been loving seeing the night sky in Sevenoaks, Kent. Crime rates are already very low in my area and from what I can tell, limited night time traffic. I love the lack of lighting after about midnight. I can understand that early in the morning in winters this could be a problem. The best night skies were on the freezing winter nights when the air was really clear. Having lived most of my life in cities barely ever seeing a single star, the current situation is very welcome.

I liked the way Anakin transformed from being a "good" guy with an American accent to a "bad" guy (Darth Vader) with a British accent. Are the film makers trying to say something there?

You say it was a bit of a thing back then, but if you look at Disney bad guys, they are almost always voiced with British accents. Disney are training American children that anyone with a British accent is a bad person and not to be trusted. Even in Batman The Dark Knight Rises, as soon as Miranda Tate opened her mouth and spoke with a British accent, I knew she was a bad guy. Same with most films still, unless they are the main character.

If it was a black person as the bad guy as often it is a British person, there would be protests on the streets.

As opposed to a non-round spherical ball...?

I was already thinking about my VR room straight after reading TFA. I have considerable space in my loft for just such a venture. Bye bye extra bedroom plan - hello VR room!