Whats all this malarky about another country?. We are all part of the United Kingdom. Ayrshire is as rural as parts of Cheshire or Lancashire. Cheshire is nothing like Central and South London where I lived for twenty years. We all moved from West Drayton to Swanwick with all the domestic upheaval and provocation from management that you are experiencing now. The actual location does not matter and the staff at Manchester are using it as a smokescreen. Some of your colleagues do not want to go to another country like Scotland, so they go to Canada!!!! Whats all that about!!!!
In reply to Captain Windsocks experience I was abused for being a Northerner and living in "Sarf London". Thats life!