The Bulldog Sniffing At Uncle Sam's Butt.

It is a wonder, is it not, why we, the United Kingdom, feel an urge to follow America. Ever since WWII the great British bulldog has had an addiction to blindly follow that lanky Yank in the red, white and blue top hat.

Prior to the last world war we, as a nation, were carrying a good set of hearty balls. Ok, the empire was dying and things were changing, but we still seemed to lead - maybe I'm deluding myself, it's a long time since I was in a history lesson. Anyway, we still stuck our noses up at our American cousins wondering why they had to be so silly and do their own thing. How very Johnny Foreigner of them!

After the war things started to go all stars and strips, from Elvis to their cars, from their gum to their blooming American dream, full of mod cons and moon walking. Yup, us idiots looked over that mighty pond and thought yup, lets fill ourselves with hamburgers and try and look like Jimmy Dean/Marilyn Monroe...prior to their deaths that is....oooo...nasty Jimmy, should have braked harder mate!

Here we are today, minus the mighty manufacturing and industrial sectors we once had, minus the honest days labour a man could depend upon because we wanted to be modern just like Uncle Sam. Now, we are all banks, finance, shops and IT. Not much frecking good when the financial sector is failing, when the banks are frecking us over and retail is struggling because no blighter has any money well, apart from Government ministers and the damnable rich - those two sections of society always end up on their sodding feet while the rest of us are turfed out of our homes and freeze on the streets.

With unemployment growing lets just hope it's growth isn't has bad as in America where it is 2.6 million and rising. The view over there, seems to be that the current economic problems will continue for a long time yet and, get worse. Companies are trimming not just their fat, but also some of their muscle in fear of the severity of the situation.
The following link explains why -http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7820128.stm

For once, I hope we do not follow the fear American employers have because actually, such actions will make the recession worse and prolong it. It is up to the Government to ensure employers have the support and help they need so, in return, the employers can hold onto their staff. Unfortunately, we have a unfeeling twat in charge who has no real comprehension of what it is like to be jobless and one of the wretched. It really is about time ALL Government ministers pay was performance related, that would make the bastards care I can tell you!


'Oh my God, you've killed the economy, you bastards!'