The political situation in the UK is pretty grim right now. There are plenty of good people still, but politically this country is fucked and that's filtering down through the rest of society.
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Any nation has its ups and downs, we can't get well without getting bad first. I hold your country and culture very close to my heart, and I'm not even a Brit, so I'm sure that a lot of Brits will have to say something when the time comes.