Hmmm, what's wrong with Britain?

* educational standards seem to be in free-fall and youngsters today seem to be profoundly uneducated (of course that could just be me getting old )
* we are incredibly poor at learning foreign languages, the stereotype of the Englishman abroad just speaking more slowly and louder when the natives don't undertsand is regrettably true. I'm far from multi-lingual myself, but I can get by in French, Spanish and German (probably Spanish being the easiest as it's my most recent acquisition, the other two are getting very rusty)
* we have problems dealing with alcohol -- a lot of binge-drinking and violence associated with it -- especially when abroad, which is even worse
* community spirit seems to be dissolving, probably because people are more mobile and footloose these days, and society is increasingly atomised
* teenage hoodlums
* the population is too apathetic about politics/governance, or else they're partisan zealots and extremists
* citizens (sorry, SUBJECTS) are increasingly treated as and behaving as CONSUMERS first and foremost, leading to selfishness, impatience and self-importance
* we don't shoot people who use the phrases "Am I bothered?" and "Not my problem"
* too much willingness to shoot people we can't stand.....

Agh, there's so much more but I've suddenly lost the will to keep breathing (okay I've got a mild hangover and am not up to scratch today )