Who killed Britain?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....ed-longer-exists.html

This article from Sept 2008 makes interesting reading, for all those who believe that the Britain of old no longer exists.

[123everton]

Was it the sparrow with his bow and arrow?

[jno]

and a photo of some rioting black people too? Just fancy.

[bibblebub]

For anyone other than Mail readers.A.N. Wilson is an idiot.

e.g. http://scienceblogs.c..._a_genuine_talent.php

[jno]

Wilson was, I believe, the original 'young fogey', a term used in the 80s of young men who liked to sound as though they were old men. If there's a 'anotheyounggit' out there, he may well like Wilson (actually, I've enjoyed some of his history writing, but not his journalism).

[Seadragon]

What I don't understand is that it was okay for the British Empire to spread over a quarter of the Earth, changing other countries whether you think in a beneficial way or not. The British influenced the world by stamping its own brand of Religion - Christianity and Civilization on its Colonies. We know that the British considered themselves racially superior to its subjects, to name afew - the Jamacians, Indians, Pakistanis, Afghans, Aussies, Kenyians etc and treated people as inferior and uncivilized. And yet the British moan and moan about immigrants coming to this country!!! And suddenly they are nostalgic about their past? A past in which they forced their way of life onto others, looted them for their own greed and commercialism. Am I missing something here?

Successive British Governments failed this Country, not Immigrants.

[chirpychirpy]

the authorities who took backhanders to allow illegal immigrants in. they lined their pockets and damned this country

[jake-the-peg]

please justify that with evidence chirpy or we'll all just think you're no more than an angry idiot - and I'd hate to see that happen

[boxtops]

Hear Hear, seadragon!

[jake-the-peg]

No AOG the Britain when you were a lad does not exist

Guess what?

In 20 years time the Britain of today will not either - it's called change get used to it

Any idiot can write a book by picking out things that have changed or supposedly changed for the worse and ignoring the changes for the better.

People have a higher standard of living now

Today more people have access to higher education than before

Road safety is vastly improved as is health care resulting in longer life expectancy.

Better housing, faster transport cheap air flight - remember what happened when Freddie laker tried it?

Prosecutions can now challenge sentences. Double jeoprady cases can be brought - what happened to the "costa del crime" with criminals thumbing their poses at the police from their villas in Spain?

Which chapters of Wilson's book do you suppose cover all these things.

This is clearly a silly book for sad people who think the world was better when they were young.

[SUSPECT]

People have a higher standard of living now

Who are you trying to kid Jake

Everyone who i know, who was born here and worked is worse off since Labour came to power.

The only people better off are single mums and peope from other countries.

[SUSPECT]

Road safety is vastly improved as is health care resulting in longer life expectancy.

Must live down south and go private.Another well off leftie

[jno]

Are you sure, suspect? My recollection of 50 years ago is no telly, no fridge (had to shop every day), no record player, no car, and people only went abroad if they wanted to be shot at in wartime. I'm a lot better off than my parents were. How about you?

[SUSPECT]

No Passport

No telly

I have a fridge ( Empty) used to be full until Brown and Blair got to work

http://www.eveningsta...%2020%3A22%3A55%3A183

Well it seems even Southern Hospitals have a problem

[jno]

here's a life expectancy table - it's as jake says, you'll now be able to be miserable eight years longer...

http://www.google.com...&q=life+expectancy+uk

[SUSPECT]

Like my friend who has just died i will never reach RETIREMENT AGE .

[fredpuli47]

Ruddy good job too.The 'England' I live in now is a lot better in every way than at any time in my 63 years.
Ah wait a minute.Back then, at varous times, we had hanging, national service, food and clothing rationing, no foreign holidays,few had refrigerators or TVs , there was much lower standard of living,the unions had public voting on wildcat strikes, a 3 day week,fewer people owned their own homes, the pill didn't exist, no X-factor.........Could be wrong.!
AOG loves the old days.The memory plays tricks. What could he be complaining about?