Why is Britain such a backward country?

I'm a British citizen (as has been my entire family for generations), and I can't wait to leave. Yeah, you did read that. I can't wait to leave and go to somewhere that may even slightly represent human progress. This country is still living in Victorian times. The obsession with the monarchy, the pathetic 'moralistic' inclinations of Middle Englanders (i.e. bigotry, backwardness, and intolerance), the pervasive obsession with WWII and Empire, Cameron's porn filters, the absurd drug laws, the fact that pubs are essentially forced to close before midnight (compare to the rest of Europe), the fact that the London Underground closes at midnight, the democratic deficit in government, the fact that the world seems to come to a standstill just because it's a Sunday (wah, tradition! ). Ultimately, I refuse to allow my extortionate taxes to be spent on maintaining this ridiculous state of affairs. Sadly, I'm being forced to want to leave the country of my birth because of it. Why is Britain such a backward country?

Yeah the Sunday thing really annoys me. I want to do stuff, open up shops

But people that work Sundays get a day off in the week?

I don't know about you, but I've been able to do pretty much anything I want to do on a Sunday, and have been since the mid-1990s. Even buses run reasonably frequently on a Sunday where I live.

But what's wrong with having one day a week that is a time for relaxing, spending time with family? Perhaps because everything is so rush rush, and there's so much daily pressure and stress, we have the rates of mental illness that we have?

I'm a British citizen (as has been my entire family for generations), and I can't wait to leave. Yeah, you did read that. I can't wait to leave and go to somewhere that may even slightly represent human progress. This country is still living in Victorian times. The obsession with the monarchy, the pathetic 'moralistic' inclinations of Middle Englanders (i.e. bigotry, backwardness, and intolerance), the pervasive obsession with WWII and Empire, Cameron's porn filters, the absurd drug laws, the fact that pubs are essentially forced to close before midnight (compare to the rest of Europe), the fact that the London Underground closes at midnight, the democratic deficit in government, the fact that the world seems to come to a standstill just because it's a Sunday (wah, tradition! ). Ultimately, I refuse to allow my extortionate taxes to be spent on maintaining this ridiculous state of affairs. Sadly, I'm being forced to want to leave the country of my birth because of it. Why is Britain such a backward country?

I'm a British citizen (as has been my entire family for generations), and I can't wait to leave. Yeah, you did read that. I can't wait to leave and go to somewhere that may even slightly represent human progress. This country is still living in Victorian times. The obsession with the monarchy, the pathetic 'moralistic' inclinations of Middle Englanders (i.e. bigotry, backwardness, and intolerance), the pervasive obsession with WWII and Empire, Cameron's porn filters, the absurd drug laws, the fact that pubs are essentially forced to close before midnight (compare to the rest of Europe), the fact that the London Underground closes at midnight, the democratic deficit in government, the fact that the world seems to come to a standstill just because it's a Sunday (wah, tradition! ). Ultimately, I refuse to allow my extortionate taxes to be spent on maintaining this ridiculous state of affairs. Sadly, I'm being forced to want to leave the country of my birth because of it. Why is Britain such a backward country?

Why are you sure?

Ah, the old fallacy that progression = progress. A favourite of lefties everywhere. Who says today is better than yesterday?

Where is he from then I'll let you know...

But why should the state dictate that the day be Sunday? If i'm single, skint and have visited family on a weekday evening then Sunday being a rest day is useless to me.

A lot of us like a lot of the things you're complaining about. What makes you think the majority of the population should have to change their opinions and lifestyles just for your benefit? You sound a lot more bigoted and intolerant than most Britons I've come across.

Does the state dictate that day should be Sunday? Successive governments have made significant steps over the last 20 years to make a Sunday as much of a normal day as possible. Sunday shop opening hours were reformed in, what, 1994 if I remember correctly? I rermember that, but it's before a good number of people on this site were even born.

Bus services may be less frequent on a Sunday (but still frequent enough, where I live) but the state has little to no control over private bus companies. This is the result of bus companies having a relatively limited pot of money to provide services, and find there isn't enough demand for Sunday services.

Ultimately shop workers themselves should have a say in whether they open on a Sunday, and for how long. Most shopworkers I know are against Sunday opening hours, or at least extending hours further.

Just another self loathing, middle class oik, nothing new here.

I do not think you understand:

You said you were sure it is worse than the UK by a 100 fold. Why were you sure? what makes you so sure that britain is 100 times better than whatever other country he could have said?

Imagine he said Norway? Sweden? denmark? germany? you would have looked like a moron then... Britain is awesome but not 100 times better than any country. Heck it is not even that much better than the US.

Where is he from? then I'll let you know... And no Britain isn't better then Germany Sweden Norway Denmark or Switzerland... But it is better then Russia and Greece and most other countries not mentioned here.. The US?... They are way ahead of everyone.