"We ditched the UK to world school our son - it's too bleak, dangerous and scary"

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A mum-of-one says her family has ditched the UK to world school their son - because it’s turned into a “dangerous, scary and bleak” place. Diana Auria, 36, and husband, Jack McLoughlin, 37, made the decision to leave the UK for Manilla, Philippines, in January 2025. The mum, originally from Folkestone, Kent, says the UK “needs to get its s**t together” and blamed the death of the high street, terrorism and “the threat of nuclear war” for leaving, among other factors. Now, she and Jack, a production company founder, are working remotely as “digital nomads” travelling Southeast Asia - and their son, four, is being world-schooled by his parents. Diana, a fashion designer, said: “For us, the negatives of the UK outweigh the positives - and for now, we’re going to be travelling around and world-schooling our son.

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