[Benjamin]

Sensible answers please. I've been struggling with this country for a while now, don't get me wrong, I am glad I was brought up here, but I personally have lost any love for this country that I once had.


Other than the countryside and some great views I seem to have lost faith in everything else this country has to offer and find myself getting very irritated with the majority of the British population.


So what makes the UK great for you?

[Grimnir]

nothing at all

should rename the country ISLE OF ****

[InOne]

Not a lot. Britain just seems to be plodding along at the moment.

[Scarlett.]

*whinges about small matters while forgetting we live in a country where rapists and murderers get punished, where famine doesn't exist, where we have technology that makes our lives 100x better than some countries*

BUT IT R ALWAIS RAINEH

[Novo]

- We are Amazing at most sports really good all rounders considering the population compared to other countries Cricket, Football, Rugby, Darts, Snooker, Athletics, Rowing, Sailing, Equestrian events, Motorsports, Boxing and Golf from the top of my head i can think of at least 1 person or national team that are world class in each of those areas

And that's all that really matters

[Shasown]

The Spirit of the Blitz, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, garden gnomes, the choirs of Wales, the Bagpipes, stiff upper lips. Cooked Breakfasts. British Beer. The ability to laugh at ourselves. Shakespeare, Keates Shelley Byron The Cornish Pasty A small group of small countries that had the balls and the people to go out and conquer half the world and then when the time was right let Johnny foreigner take over the reigns of his own destiny. Three lines of Muskets. The British Square. Morris Dancers, Men in Kilts, Pop Festivals spent swimming in mud, allotments, Caravanning. The Womans Institute, the British Legion, The Spirit of The Bayonet. Working mens clubs, Thats Life, Jeremy Clarkson. The Archers. Tunnocks Teacakes, Traffic Wardens, Best Music Scene in the World. and a million and one other things that only us British could love.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

The Spirit of the Blitz, Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, garden gnomes, the choirs of Wales, the Bagpipes, stiff upper lips. Cooked Breakfasts. British Beer. The ability to laugh at ourselves. Shakespeare, Keates Shelley Byron The Cornish Pasty A small group of small countries that had the balls and the people to go out and conquer half the world and then when the time was right let Johnny foreigner take over the reigns of his own destiny. Three lines of Muskets. The British Square. Morris Dancers, Men in Kilts, Pop Festivals spent swimming in mud, allotments, Caravanning. The Womans Institute, the British Legion, The Spirit of The Bayonet. Working mens clubs, Thats Life, Jeremy Clarkson. The Archers. Tunnocks Teacakes, Traffic Wardens, Best Music Scene in the World. and a million and one other things that only us British could love.

I am sickened by your post.............. How could you have forgotten about a special mention for Runrig, Ewan McGregor, Billy Connolly, the best malts in the world, the outstanding scenery, the beautiful castles and Celtic Connections....

Actually, all kidding aside; all of the above plus your own reasons are the things I am proud of to be fair.

[arista]

London

with its Power History

makes us Great.

[ILoveTRW]

being the 51st state

[Stu]

What is it you've been struggling with? It must be tough living in such a culturally enriched, relatively well off country having to read the odd story about someone you never met perhaps not getting as much time in jail as they should have.

Britain is great. And I aint even British.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Stu

What is it you've been struggling with? It must be tough living in such a culturally enriched, relatively well off country having to read the odd story about someone you never met perhaps not getting as much time in jail as they should have.

Britain is great. And I aint even British.

Don't get me wrong, I did say I was glad to have been brought up here and our History is great. But what about now at this present time? I'm finding it very hard to see why we are so great in this day and age. Yeah, given we are better off than most 3rd world countries, but I do feel we are becoming our own undoing and that this country is on it's way down very fast. For example if war were to hit us I believe this country would struggle as we barely have any of our own resources any more, we rely to heavily upon importing.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Benjamin.

Don't get me wrong, I did say I was glad to have been brought up here and our History is great. But what about now at this present time? I'm finding it very hard to see why we are so great in this day and age. Yeah, given we are better off than most 3rd world countries, but I do feel we are becoming our own undoing and that this country is on it's way down very fast. For example if war were to hit us I believe this country would struggle as we barely have any of our own resources any more, we rely to heavily upon importing.

What Country can you think of right now that is on the way up though? it's hard times for everyone not just Britain.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Novo

What Country can you think of right now that is on the way up though? it's hard times for everyone not just Britain.

Australia off the top of my head are rising. They actually had an economic growth during the recession.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Benjamin.

Australia off the top of my head are rising. They actually had an economic growth during the recession.

Haven't they had loads of floods and cyclones recently or this year anyway?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by ukturtle

Australia off the top of my head are rising. They actually had an economic growth during the recession.

Australia is only rising because China is rising, an Australia is selling a lot of minerals to china. Australia is just destroying it's own enviornment for chinese devolpment. Australia is not rising in terms of innovation or technology or any kind of real sustainable growth. They are just selling a lot of metal an minerals that they dig out of the ground to the Chinese just like the Africans and the South Americans. Just like the Middle east sells oil.

China an India are certainly rising though, an it's genuine growth.

[Lee.]

Scotland.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Scotland.

Well Rangers yeah they pretty much some up all the amazing things about Britain

[arista]

Originally Posted by Lee.

Scotland.

No you may have the €uro soon



in your


Republic Of Scotland.




Rejoice

[Shasown]

Definately cant say it's the standard of education nowadays eh?

[Lee.]

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Benjamin.

Sensible answers please. I've been struggling with this country for a while now, don't get me wrong, I am glad I was brought up here, but I personally have lost any love for this country that I once had.


Other than the countryside and some great views I seem to have lost faith in everything else this country has to offer and find myself getting very irritated with the majority of the British population.


So what makes the UK great for you?

Excellent question for a discussion.

One I find increasingly hard to answer.

As much as I've always been loyal to my country - Scotland first, but part of the UK as a whole, I do feel we are becoming an embarrassment.

[Legend killer]

Kelly Brook

[Lee.]

Joking aside, I am thankful for where I live. We don't have drought, famine or war. We aren't bothered by earhquakes, tsunamis, tornados or monsoons, nor do we have huge poisonous snakes or spiders.

We do have our problems, but all in all Britain is a safe, pleasant place to stay. Shame the weathers **** but hey ho, we can't have everything.

[Shasown]

If I had put runrig, would have had to put lindisfarne, also manics oasis blue etc that list is bloody endless. Ewan? what about Gerald, Sean Kevin etc, then down to England Wales and Northern Ireland for theirs too, I tried to please people but hey, bloody scots women are never satisfied, well at least with lists

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

If I had put runrig, would have had to put lindisfarne, also manics oasis blue etc that list is bloody endless. Ewan? what about Gerald, Sean Kevin etc, then down to England Wales and Northern Ireland for theirs too, I tried to please people but hey, bloody scots women are never satisfied, well at least with lists

Oi....don't go blaming me for your lack of prowess. If you ain't got it, you ain't got it.

I agree in huge amounts: and back to all the Inventors -past and present - there is a lot we should (need?) to be reminded of - look past the downside of the UK and be proud of what we have achieved, and still do.