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Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because we feel powerless, invisible, unheard. We crave celebrity, but that’s not easy to come by, so we

As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I reached a kind of orgasm of negativity… The Brits don’t merely enjoy misery, they get off on it. Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans. Shashi Tharoor Favorite0

It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England. Other countries, whatever title is actually used, have only manservants. I tend to believe this is true. Continentals are unable to be butlers because they are as a breed incapable of the emotional restraint which only the English race are capable

Britain is no longer totally a white place where people ride horses, wear long frocks, and drink tea. The national dish is no longer fish and chips, it’s curry. Marianne Jean-Baptiste Favorite0

Britain: America’s Trojan poodle in Europe The Economist Favorite0

The English Flag Rudyard Kipling 1891 Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air with shouts, and seemed to see significance in the incident. — DAILY PAPERS. WINDS of the World, give answer!

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right. Quentin Crisp Favorite0

You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It is the country with the worst food after Finland. Jacques Chirac Favorite0

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets. George Orwell, Burmese Days Favorite0