I don’t like Dubai… I REALLY like it!
I’m going to have to say it - I don’t like Dubai … I REALLY like Dubai! You’ve changed man - you were never a ‘Dubai person’ what happened to you? Of course I’ve changed! I’ve been away from the UK for three years - that’s going to have an effect! The first of which is - shock horror - horizons broadened, preconceptions blown apart! Yeah, but Dubai - it’s… well, you know what it is! Okay - we all have preconceptions about a place and in the case of Dubai every one of them is correct and at the same time incorrect. Dubai is exactly what you think and a whole bunch of things you didn’t think. Yes, it can be overtly showy and have conspicuous displays of wealth. Yes, there are question marks over the way workers in key sectors of the economy are treated. But here’s the thing - Chelsea, anything to do with the Royal family, castles etc - all of these are reminders that exactly the same is true of the UK and as for treating migrant workers badly goes do try to remember that gangmaster...
