[Melonfish]

the UK is indeed poor.
i hate the fact that the current gov't seem to think they can cure problems with legislation as apposed to affirmative policing. i almost lost my hobby recently because of some VERY poorly written legislation that was nothing more then a blanket ban full of vagaries and ill informed conceited ideologies. not only that but ask a local bobby what his current monthly quota is!
thats right police now have to LOCK UP a set number of people a month! did you know that? christ i'd rather they were out fighting crime then worrying themselves to death and mopping up after it!
not only that but in response to a request to get more bobbies on the street the government have thought up the idea of community support officers who are NOT policemen. they may look like it but that blue stripe proves that the only powers they have is to issue fixed penalty tickets.....Thats..it... i mean they can make a citizens arrest but then so could you or i.
its silly things like the lack of funding to the armed forces. we're stretched more then ever at the moment and yet they insist on cutting funding further and further.
and don't even get me started on education....oh man...
suffice to say this country is in a bit of a state and unless there are some MAJOR reforms or at least a freaking revolution (start making those guy fawkes masks ppl) then we can only expect the worst, and by the worst i mean legislation like the regulatory reform act. thus allowing the gov't to make EU legislation UK law without the need to consult the commons (no really)
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/REGULATION/reform/bill/index.asp

i could go on but for the sake of my own sanity and yours i'll stop here...
pete