Yes I could talk for Britain

It's not that I've ever actually been there, let alone live there. Simply is that the United Kingdom has called to me since I was 15 years of age. The British Isles, their climate, their personality, their verdant landscape and grey skies, the deteriorating cities and the dazzling marvels of modern development.

More so than anything, it is the culture, media and society which have so greatly attracted me to the United Kingdom. There is such a political openness, issues are thoroughly discussed in nearly all forums. There are sacred traditions such as the BBC, the NHS, and numerous other organisations which serve the British people for no profit at all. They complain a lot, they haggle a lot, they are direct and to the point, and yet evasive (these are of the the politicians I speak).

I love the demography of Britain, the constantly changing face of a society which is quickly becoming truly multi-racial in composition. The upheavals nearly every week over this or that scandalous government mishap.

I love the British sense of pride. Not nationalistic, simply proud to be British. The way in which they celebrate their ethnicity is beautiful, the different communities that live side by side. The British simultaneously love and hate their country, constantly dreaming of escaping to the nearest Mediterranean hot-spot, while still loving every moment of the drizzle falling on the grass.

I love the country-side still intact, the city centres that seem vibrant and youthful. The diversity of landscape, the the waterways, the extensive areas of natural beauty. Oh yes, I could talk for Britain.