What do you hate about Britain?
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View Poll Results: What do you hate about Britain?
Immigration levels 112 34.36% Education system 70 21.47% Weather 130 39.88% Tuition fees 106 32.52% British people 81 24.85% Lack of jobs 114 34.97% High cost of living 119 36.50% Crime 109 33.44% British culture 67 20.55% Lack of national pride 81 24.85%
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?I draw the honourable gentleman's attention to post 26.(Original post by Notethis)
A lack of national pride inhibits accuracy in a comparison of cultures. It's lazy. All cultures are not equal. Some have a tendency to stagnate a population.
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?though to be fair, it is what one would think of (not that instance you mentioned, i mean general negative impression) when describing a city (or places near cities)...(Original post by rose_uni08)
Yeah that's pretty common in my home town, but I think people generally tend to show some manners to people they perceive to have authority and I guess in that instance, the bus driver has authority since it's his bus! But to people in the street? I think there is generally a distinct lack of manners. I was in Birmingham a few weeks ago and a girl, probably around the age of eighteen, started shouting at me to get the f*** out of her way for no apparent reason, she could easily have gone around me if I was walking too slowly for her liking. Obviously, that kind of thing doesn't happen every day and it's just one example, but people just seem to think they are above being nice to other people in my opinion.
id assume this kind of hostility towards your fellow (wo)man would be the same in any city across the world, not necessarily a pitfall due to britain itself
probably because cities have larger populations than say towns, where you may have a better sense of a community. ive contemplated moving to a normal town away from nearby cities, but not too sure
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Wtf. Seriously? Compared to where?(Original post by Gridiron-Gangster)
The bland food! -
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Probably our attitude towards success, we tend to dislike "winners" or really confident people, which I think is wrong. Also we do not take pride in our country unlike other countries in the world.
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Pasties?(Original post by Bill_Gates)
considering its going to rain for the next 7 days take a wild guess!!
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?All of the above and more.
Lets not forget the increasing waist line and growing amount of prescriptions for antidepressants.
France(Original post by py0alb)
Wtf. Seriously? Compared to where?
Italy
Germany
Spain
Greece
China
India
Thailand
Turkey
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Parliament. Note, not the government. As much as I hate the current government the alternative doesn't fill me with joy either.
I don't like or agree with any of the political parties. I try to vote for the ones that most align with my views because I don't like not voting but I wouldn't exactly be thrilled if they got into government because they'll do just as bad a job as the rest.
It's why I do want to move to another country. Yes, I would most likely be as annoyed at that government as I am for the UK one, but in another country I can't do anything about it. I can't vote because I won't be a citizen so it won't bother me as much because I can't do anything about it. Whereas now, I can vote but it's pretty pointless.
I probably haven't explained that very well, but oh well.
I might go live in another country for a while, if I can, but I know I will always come back to Britain. (Well, I might move to somewhere that has better care for the elderly when I get old, if I can (doubtful) )
I do love Britain. I love the countryside, I love the history of the place. I mean, I'm currently sitting in a building that was completed in the 1600s, it was the building where Charles Darwin was educated and if I look out of the window to my left I can see Tudor buildings and a castle of which the oldest bits are about 950 years old.
Within walking distance from my house is a fort where people lived 2,500 years ago. It's kind of amazing when you think about it.
I know other countries have their own history which is just as interesting but I've grown up around this stuff and it fascinates me.
So I don't like the political side of Britain and all that it entails and I'm also not so keen on some of the culture (the more modern culture - the binge drinking, nightclubs, etc) but I love the place. I love the land and I love the history.
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Not our problem(Original post by Tudball)
Because then you'd all vote for it, and I'd look silly.
Yeah,that source isn't going to be biased at all(Original post by Tudball)
Here's the statistics: http://www.emigrationgroup.co.uk/367...seas-migration
Just one of many sources.
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Only France really compares. British cuisine -both traditional and modern - is more interesting and varied than any of the rest.(Original post by Jimbo1234)
All of the above and more.
Lets not forget the increasing waist line and growing amount of prescriptions for antidepressants.
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
Greece
China
India
Thailand
Turkey
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?All these people who want to emigrate are suffering from The Grass is Greener mentality. Why do they think having their little patch of land and job elsewhere will be so much better for them?
I'm glad I was born in this country. -
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Erm, no.(Original post by py0alb)
Only France really compares. British cuisine -both traditional and modern - is more interesting and varied than any of the rest.
British traditional cuisine is simply low quality meat with root vegetables, or very cheap fish. Either way, it is pretty dire.
Modern "British" cuisine is merely an amalgamation of international foods, and America will always win in that area.
However the other countries don't bother doing this because of the variation and good quality of their standard dishes. -
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?lol what uninformed rubbish. British meat has always traditionally been the highest quality in the world, hence the reason we never needed to invent strongly flavoured sauces to hide the poor quality like the French (garlic) or the Indians (spices).(Original post by Jimbo1234)
Erm, no.
British traditional cuisine is simply low quality meat with root vegetables, or very cheap fish. Either way, it is pretty dire.
Modern "British" cuisine is merely an amalgamation of international foods, and America will always win in that area.
However the other countries don't bother doing this because of the variation and good quality of their standard dishes.
I've lived in the US. The cuisine is actually pretty poor, and varies in quality enormously from region to region. What in the UK would be considered to be a fast food joint is considered a good quality family restaurant in the US. It's almost impossible to get a decent curry. The UK on the other hand, has the 2nd highest number of Michelin starred resturants in the world (behind France).
The cuisine in the majority of Europe is alarmingly monotonous. In Italy you soon get bored of pizza and pasta, in turkey you get bored of kebabs, and in Germany you get bored of schnitzel and sausages. The availability of foreign cuisine is limited, and the standard tends to be very poor. -
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?The liberal culture
The 'anti-fascists' who are actually just fascist
The Guardian
Political correctness
People bending over backwards to deny and suppress negative stories about immigrants
People who don't say 'thank you'
The Labour Party -
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Re: What do you hate about Britain?Sounds about right. One of the other reasons i hate this dump of country and cant wait to get out.(Original post by rose_uni08)
Yeah that's pretty common in my home town, but I think people generally tend to show some manners to people they perceive to have authority and I guess in that instance, the bus driver has authority since it's his bus! But to people in the street? I think there is generally a distinct lack of manners. I was in Birmingham a few weeks ago and a girl, probably around the age of eighteen, started shouting at me to get the f*** out of her way for no apparent reason, she could easily have gone around me if I was walking too slowly for her liking. Obviously, that kind of thing doesn't happen every day and it's just one example, but people just seem to think they are above being nice to other people in my opinion.
