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It's surprisingly common for Europeans to speak one language fluently and another very patchily; you wouldn't stand out or be considered ignorant if you only spoke English and, say, a little bit of French or Spanish (I mean very little).
As for the procedure, it's far easier for you to come our way than us yours. Recently, however, there have been more and more calls for qualified professionals only to be considered, but it will realistically take a long time for that to be made law. Since you're a postgrad you'd be pretty much welcomed with open arms.
My advice is to not bother with London. It's brutal Darwinism. It's basically where everyone in Britain goes to compete for jobs, and it's really hectic and generally not a particularly nice place to settle or even live for more than 5 or so years (in my opinion, anyway). I would say try and get into a really beautiful county like Devon, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, parts of Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent (basically the south coast of England).
Also, I remember reading about Scotland having a programme for qualified foreign immigrants, apparently they're trying to bring in university educated types who would otherwise go to London. The Scottish will generally like Americans (especially if you express your hatred for the English) and you'd probably enjoy it. Glasgow and Edinburgh are really the only two decent-sized cities, though.
You'll hear a lot about the North/South divide when asking about England. This is basically where the South Coast, East Anglia and a few commuter towns north of London are considered to be home to the rich and traditionally middle/upper class Britons, whereas north of around Northampton the population becomes poorer.
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