[Hewitt]

The Daily Mail...

[Catchetat]

those who live on benefits although they have the working capacity. too many smokers and those who spit! and the tattoo culture... it is a bit overwhelming.

contrary to most i quite like the weather here as long as it doesn't rain too much. i don't mind a drizzle!

[sazzabazza]

Political correctness
The randomness of the weather
Racial Tension
Class divide
The police
Cost per sq metre for homes.

Still, i'd rather live here than anywhere else (excluding some places in the US and Canada)

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[battycatlady]

Well, in keeping with my english genetics I'm gonna have to say the weather :P

And the buses are too expensive haha :P

Other than that, I think England is pretty awesome :')

[digitalfever]

The lack of Tim Hortons coffee

[DeadGirlsDance]

Mainly just the weather, there are so many nice places to go in the U.K but most people end up going abroad because you never know when it's going to rain now :/.

[..x Orchid x..]

The weather, the weather, the weather.

Oh, did I mention the weather?

lol

But seriously, no summer.... or as someone said, 5 days split up for the whole year.

[Urchin103]

I like the weather..

[juliewho]

I'm not fussed about the weather but the UK has loads of people with no perspective on how good we actually have it here and those people are quite annoying. I did hear that we have a reputation as a country of complainers and that we take everything too seriously, and I think thats quite true, it's difficult to be optimistic about anything without depressing people shooting you down! Lighten up, please. I understand when you're all moaning about issues that are actually important, but please stop being so negative about everything else.

[KasanDude]

I'd say the whole police culture is pretty shocking. I mean CCTV and average speed cameras? Really? I like safety as much as the next guy but the government is going a little bit overboard methinks.

Also, all the political correctness makes everyone take everything so seriously. I mean how many times is some random comment from Jeremy Clarkson going to be front-page news before people learn to laugh about some things in life.

Seriously, all places have good and bad things. Sometimes the bad things are things you don't mind, sometimes they are.

[TM94]

The thick as **** Jeremy Kyle esque scummy chavs

[headbands,]

I live in the UK and I do like it, I feel the reason why some people complain about is because of the following;
- The rain
- Lack of sunshine
- The cold
- Weather in general
- Stupidly high university fees
- Political Correctness
- Lack of proximity to other countries seeing as we are an island
- Fairly high tax rates on products
- Constant pressure to achieve

Following a trip to India last October, I honestly felt as if people there were 'happier' I am probably going to be negged for this but it's true, people regardless of their social / economic status and living standards, seemed generally happier and seemed optimistic, which made me love the country even more (obviously there are some exceptions) Although I have a feeling that this could be due to the high levels of religiosity and family values which are significantly stronger in Indian culture, compared to that of the UK. Most people I see daily on the tube have faces like a slapped bum so to speak (again there are exceptions) Anyway, just something I noticed which I thought I would share

[L i b]

(Original post by Origami Bullets)
Without the NHS, my entire family would either be dead, severely deformed or the health problems that they have would not be treated and they would be dead within 5 years (the latter applying the the healthiest person my family has!)

Unless you're desperately poor, in which case every developed country would supply you with some sort of safety net, that's simply not true.

We have a welfare state so that people don't fall into the sort of abject poverty seen in places like India, people don't have to live in shanty towns with open sewers etc.

I think the problem people have with the welfare state at present is that it positively encourages worklessness, dependency and - as a consequence - "poverty".

[SJHiggy]

People who don't care about being uneducated, this mostly includes the Chavy people, and can't string a sentence together without swearing, saying 'like' after every other word or sounding like they left school at 9

[internetguru]

Lower average wage compared to every other developed country in the world.

[wenger16]

I don't mind the weather tbh. Its nice and cool mostly and i personally like rain and snow.

Go to India and it feels like your skin is frying if you go during june/july its too hot. you need 3 showers in a day in that temp.

[Fusion]

High population density

[wwelol]

chavs/scally/hoodies

[dattru]

(Original post by thomaskurian89)
I agree that Indian food probably tastes better than British food but is cold and wet weather really worse than hot and dry.

PS: It doesn't snow in India, ever.

Northern India?

[almosttrue]

(Original post by themancunian)
5 days split up between the whole year...

and we've had them for this year