British the Most Spied-On People in Western World

[lancelot]

I do despair over the state of the country sometimes...the 'Great' has definitely been taken out of Great Britain...

Even the most basic of homes are fast becoming ludicrously expensive...the average age of a first time buyer is now in the 30s IIRC!!!???!!! Buying (and even renting a place in some cases) on your own is now not far short of impossible.

NHS is a joke in many areas. You have to make an appointment at least a week in advance to see a GP.

Especially near/in London it costs a fortune to move around. Worse still, every year fares go up without no discernable improvement in facilities. London motorists are quite unfairly made to contribute to this fund in addition to a annual road tax...

Immigration control is a soft touch (the words of an immigration dept employee, no less)

We have a 'Labour' government that has so far tried to ban protests within 100 yards of Parliament, banned protest outside of a conference under the guise of 'public safety', students fees are skyrocketing at each review of education costs (despite the government who enacted this change had the benefit of free education if needed) and pretty much instituted a charge/fare/tax to attempt to solve every problem it faces.

In short...

[BDC]

On the plus side there is just so much spying going on you'll probably be lost in the insane mass of information. Can't see the wood for the trees etc.

Hopefully we'll get a competant government sooner or later too! You can but hope.

[rory_20_uk]

The density of our population does assist with data gathering. Although as has been said, so what, there's data. Who's doing what with it?

We are Great Britain as opposed to Brittany.

Immigration may mean it's easy to get in, but the rules are draconian against those that are merely working and not in the EU. Nurses are now not having contracts renewed, and will be deported unless they've been here 5 years (a new law increased it from 4, and was then postdated... nice).