This is a wonderful country and I would rather live here than anywhere else.
It's no more going to the dogs now than it ever was.
That's not to say all is perfect but then it never was.
I'd have to agree with Hamba here.
Nothing is ever perfect and in the current climate there are things that ppl are really pissed off about, especially all the gun/knife crime taking place on the streets of Britain today, which i believe has always existed but is getting increased media coverage and at times could maybe be fuelling it even more. I'm not saying that this is the case or anything just something that could be happening.
There's the fact the government is taxing us left, right and centre which people are not happy about and rightly so, and the fact that some people believe that Gordon Brown has f***** up. As far as i can remember during Thatcher days there used to be a lot more tax bands with regards to income tax and poll tax etc etc (I'm only 20 and don't remember the Thatcher era so apologies if I'm wrong)
The fact of the matter is that any government that will be put into place, by us, will always be criticised. There will always be things that we will not agree on and things that we will agree on. That's just part and parcel of life, not everyone can be pleased!
In the current situation of increased media sensationalization, there will always be something that is taken out of proportion and people will jump on the bandwagon of things that are getting increased coverage.
Going back Hamba's point, this country is not a great deal worse than it has ever been, However i will concede that there are certain things which are getting ridiculously out of hand