Whats gone Wrong with Great Britain?

Question

In a recent report by unicef we came out 37 out of 39 (i think that right,but if i am wrong i stand corrected) of the worst country for children to live in.
Why is this and what has gone so wrong with this once great Country?

Foster-f
All countries have povety,you just need to walk around a few town in the early hours of the morning and see the homeless sleeping on steps in cardboard boxes,try telling them there is no povety in the Uk.

Iain Speed
Thank you for your insight.

Answer 1

Political correctness coupled with Socialism. Watch out America!

Answer 2

It is because we have a socialist government running this country who is too busy helping other nationalities, and letting all these Eastern Europeans benefit from our country.
We have the fourth richest economy in the world, the second richest after Germany in Europe. We have a skill shortage in some skills because this government is putting too much money into wars, and not enough into educating our Children, who should have the priority, not other nationalities who come here. Why do we have a shortage of British Dentists on the NHS? should be a question addressed to Blair. Now a days over 40% of school children will go to university which Blair is boasting about, but what good are all these qualifications if you can't get a job with them? We need skills which are marketable so we can travel and work abroad. We put so much into Europe and get nothing from it, as we do not teach our children long enough foreign languages. Eastern Europeans come here they get paid 4-5 times more than what they would in their own country, and they learn a very important language by coming to Britain, What do we get from them, a useless language and pay which is 4-5 times less than what we earn in Britain.
So basically what is wrong with Britain, is what we are doing with this rich countries money, it goes into the wrong things.

Answer 3

UNICEF IS LOOKING TO DRUM UP SUPPORT. WHERE WAS THE BEST PLACE TO BRING UP CHILDREN?

Okay, so the two biggest capitalist nations rank last in terms of wide spread socialisim, as per a socialist manifesto from a one-world socialist organization. What a surprise. But many posters have brought up a valid point. Maybe we should raise the drawbridge for a couple generations and stop taking care of so much of the rest of the world. I wonder what Bono would think about that?

Answer 4

jb, when I was studying and a question needed to be answered we were told by our tutors "Make sure you have examined the question fully".

I say that because I look at your question and ask myself why you asked and what the assumptions are that it is based upon (even Physics, the base of all sciences, relies on assumptions)

I see two glaring assumptions:
" what has gone so *wrong* with this once *great* Country?"

How do you measure great? Are you saying that because Britain ruled most of the Earth's surface that it was great? Does "greatness" in the sense of ruling other countries make for childhood happiness? Are they really correlated?? Did Victorian children have great lives?? Were the 70's a great time for children to live in Great Britain???

I'd also question the use of the word "wrong". If the goal of Britain is to make for happy children (/adults/people) then it has definitely gone wrong. But is that it's goal? Can you be wrong if you weren't even trying to be right (at that) in the first place?

I think it's more likely that society is set up to make the lives of a few better by using the majority to fund it through their efforts. General happiness isn't part of that plan, not even for children. Isn't that why GB took over India and Hong Kong? Isn't that why GB is involved in wars in oil rich areas? Or is it for the children of India, China and Iraq - or even Britain??

Answer 5

I'm not British but, I think most of the problems are global and I think a lot of countries would share your sentiments on a number of things. See what happens when you spare the rod and spoil the child. (only joking I never slapped my kids). As for the way your troops are not being looked after, that's bad. I thought the British had a loyalty and respect for not just the troops but for the families that give up a lot so the troops can go and do their jobs.

Answer 6

Blimey !!! Do you have time to read 5 x times the volume of
" war and peace" and I will attempt to explain !! LAZINESS and AVOIDANCE has returned to collect. Basically that is what has brought UK to the lowest point socially. British thinking for decades that life was one long drunken TV football and skiving party. After the feast comes the reckoning. And the reckoning is here NOW. Britain. An historical arrogant sense of superiority. Lack of foresight in the concept of movement and relocation of peoples and migration patterns. What do you see on the streets? Desperate lack of self dignity ! Overweight men women and children, a severe drink problem and pram pushing "mums? " who want real life dolls to play with due to deep inner loneliness. All of these factors are innate within a society of lazy slobs with no cultural or spiritual aspirations.

Answer 7

i dont think the kids are any worse than when i was one ,it is reported more these days in the press and on tv thats one reason why it sounds like they are worse,and one reason some kids are actually worse is that the UK has become a nanny state and too much interference from government in the way we are allowed to punish our children.
A good slap never hurt me and it made me think twice about doing something wrong.

Answer 8

Seems alright to me, I'd much rather be living here than in the Sudan, or North Korea, or Iran. In fact the only places I'd feel happy living in are other affluent, democratic countries, all of which are markedly similar to this one.

Answer 9

The multicultural horror and Social Security.

I am hoping that one day soon, the gigantic cost of the DSS system will cause it to implode and it will have to be wound up altogether.

Then, no-one will want to come here from abroad and the people here will fight to get jobs and the country will begin to find its self-respect.

Answer 10

great Britain has let itself down and is turning itself into a big massive in fact rubbish dump.
And people no longer have respect for each other or the planet that they live in.