ralfm,
It all also depends on where you are willing to live and how resourceful you can be. If you are able to travel and figure out the ways to get to other countries to work, then there are good chances of work out there, and oddly enough a lot of work available, but not an easy route and as all the others have said you will be broke and in debt for quite a while.
As for work in England, judging from what the others have said its not looking very well, and from what I have read, Europe is not the easiest place to get work at the moment. If you are driven enough and want to really do it, you will find a way. Otherwise its a very expensive lesson to learn that you werent all that into it.
good luck with it and hope you make the right decision.