Why does Britain concern itself so much with other countries?
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Blair , a failed primeminister without a vision,without policy but yet the ego of his ugly wife and himself knows no bounds.\nThey do not care about our country or any other but just how history will remember them.\nSo forcing himself onto the world stage , in his mind balances the books for a failed economy in britain.\nTony..sorry but youre a loser, you will never have the prestige at home or abroad that mrs thatcher had.\ngo gracefully now! before you do any more damage
1021631
that is so true every one comes to England for a free ride i would`t mind but our country is alot smaller than others but seems to do every thing else for other country's.i am still waiting for my son to go in to hospital for a operation and i have been paying my taxes and national insurance for all my working time and he has been waiting 6 months but if a non british person comes here they get seen straight away.come on goverment SORT OUT THE BRITS
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The British economy is linked far more greatly to the rest of Europe than to North America, and the "pound" has been a stable currency for a long, long time (far longer than the US dollar). The British economy is strong in Europe, and because of that, their world value is strong.
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Other the usual (England, Iraq war, etc.), the only major issue I can think of is the fact that Scottish pareliment's roof almost caved in.\n\nBelow are some newspaper sites. The local internet news is always a good place to check for a countries' current concerns and issues.
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You think it matters to US or UK if they are being hated or loved? You think they are craving world's love? "Divide and rule" is in fine print of their constitutions. \n\nPiece of shitt. These are militant nations. Think about it - Biggest issue Americans had during the last election was "which candidate spent how many years in the US Army?". Yes thats what militant nations do. They had never been without war for a long time.\n\nUSA has a long list of countries they want to "globalize". All the countries of the world are included in this list. UK is at the bottom of that list, because they need UK help to "globalize" the other countries.\n\nIn Bangladesh, we are NOT scared of Iran having nuclear bomb. We feel threatened by US nuclear bombs, because US is the ONLY country who have used atomic/nuclear weapons before and they own 95% of world's nuclear weopons.\n\nUGLY UGLY UGLY
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well, how lucky that we just studied this in school.  As a few of the above people have said, when British imperialists came in a made new borders, ethnic groups were forced into close proximity which obviously cause conflict.  Because Africa is so rich in natural resources (gold, oil, etc.)  many poor ethinic groups will want power over thees resources.  not helping at all, are the corrupt governments in africa which lack any infrastructure or laws.  the black market is also a big problem in Africa because it doesnt allow equal ditribution of money made from these resources.  it also funds many terrorist activities which, in turn, prevent any real government from being set up in those areas.  So, a mixture of economical problems, corrupt govts., black markets, and terrorism (all fueled by ethnic strife) is the cause of so much instability in Africa.  Hope i helped\n\n\nTIm\n\n\np.s. X M is wrong
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First -Jealousy over what we have and what we don't have but is thought that we have. Example many foreigner come from overseas and are bowled over by the myriad taxes and realize our incomes aren't close to being what they seem. They call us greedy but come over here to share in the greed.   Secondly--, companies that can be ruthless have taken advantage of poorer nations and instill anger while we are used to that tactic here and are prepared for it. Thirdly--, US is powerful and is seen instead as a bully by some. Also our strenght is an embarrassment to others - example France has never been thrilled that US saved it from Nazi Germany.. Fourth--, Because of its strength US is asked to take sides in conflicts and if is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. Fifth- because we look different and people don't like people who don't look like them. Just like US is afraid of Arabs at their ports, so others don't like white people in their own backyards either. ... there are a million more reason...
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It is a fine balance between having a fair country and having a safe country.  We will often sway too far in one direction before coming back - invariably too far in the other direction.\n\nTo hate the british is not a crime and should not be made illegal or indeed stop entry into the UK for anyone, however uncomfortable it makes us feel.  Hopefully, when they're here they will realise that they were wrong and that we're not really that bad!\nThe difficulty comes in deciding who poses a real threat.\n\nAs for the OTT. political correctness - I agree that it's ridiculous.  We should be proud of our country and it's history and realise that people come here often because of them and not despite them!\n\nps. Dove - you sound great!  Come and visit some time!
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I agree with camoman73. U answered my question by saying britain is full of jerks! you are the jerk buddy
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I can completely sympathise with you.\n\nI feel cheated when we have a Scotsman mess around with our taxes.\n\nWe do need an English Parliament that excludes other nations or alternately we need to view ourselves as the rest of the world does, as one nation, the UK, with one Parliament.\n\nDevolution of Wales and Scotland, and the setting up of Parliaments within those countries, was not done for the express wishes of the residents of said countries. That was merely a sweetener for the real agenda of increasing the number of seats the UK as a whole has in the European Parliament, giving more jobs for the old school tie regime, and the increase support offered by more friendly countries that speak the same language.  \n\nTry finding England on any of the drop down menus you fill in over the net.\n\nI often come across the question, would you rather be part of Europe or the 51st State of America?\n\nMy answer is to re-establish links with our commonwealth partners and become once again a global power to be reckoned with. What, with Australia, Canada, India, parts of Africa and the parts of the Caribbean all under one banner singing from the same hymn sheet could we achieve?
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The Brits abuse everyone, including themselves. Some is done between friends and is accepted here as fun...  if they really disliked them, they would not bother even speaking to them. However, some people are xenophobic and see abusing foreigners as a source of amusement... but they tend to be in the minority.  But as we are a developed country, freedom of speech within certain boundaries allows people to say what they think... And parents are not blind... often they are of he same view of their children OR have been so restricted by the laws the MP's have made, they cannot chastise their children!
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They colonised about 70 countries. "Terrorists", maybe so...Not many British likes to admit to this though.
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Probably because the rest of the world saw the USSR as a major threat to their way of lives and the US as protectors.  It's ironic that we are now percieved as the major threat to their way of lives.
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It's just the simple fact that the british put all the social rascal and scroundals in the land of australia from many years back and the present nation is just the offspring of the uncuth side of british people. That's why their attitude is like criminals. As their grand grand grand grand fathers were all basically social criminals, ousted and outlawed from the land of UK by the then govt. of UK.
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America has a nasty habit of getting involved in matters that do not directly affect us.  This is a huge cause of contention with other nations.  When America is so divided (and not united as promised), they feel that we shouldn't have any right in telling them how to live.  Americans are also very self-involved.  We think of ourselves first and others last.  Americans also tend to think in terms that the world revolves around them not realizing that there are many other cultures out there.  We forget that other countries have different laws and standards than America and generally, Americans just don't care.  This is why other countries have hatred towards Americans and the government.
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The problem with the U.K is that people are not motivated to work that is regardless of their nationality. Instead a labour government is happy to have vast sections of the population reliant on state benefits so that they will vote labour again.  Furthermore, most countries in the nor then European union are very similar.  The problem is education, many British people receive a substandard education compared to the rest of Europe. The media advertise selfishness and sex and a vast section of families are broken or they are the notorious mixed step families where a mom will have kids from 5 different fathers.   Moral and educational decay,  lack of discipline,  over involvement of social services and governments on peoples private liefs.   Lack of social cohesion.    Its the same in the whole of the European union now days.  Britain can be a very dangerous place to live now days.  Most areas are what you would call rough.   The country is decaying .
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All countries are important.  Without one country, another one has to suffer and because those two suffer more suffer and so on and so forth