The Happiest Countries in the World

[steve-in-kville]

Why is the UK so far down the list?

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

How can one be sad with a fish & chips stand and a full English breakfast available at every street corner?

[MaxPC]

Why is the UK so far down the list?

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

How can one be sad with a fish & chips stand and a full English breakfast available at every street corner?

[Ken]

Why is the UK so far down the list?

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

Hasn't the UK been under Tory control over most of the past 40 years since Margaret Thatcher except for a brief stint of Labor governments in the 1990s under John Major who was hardly a socialist?

By any definition of the term, the UK is the least socialist country in Europe and certainly far less socialist than all the other Nordic and continental European countries that are ahead of it on this ranking.

[MaxPC]

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

How can one be sad with a fish & chips stand and a full English breakfast available at every street corner?

Bought some lunch for you, Steve. Tea up is later.

[Josh]

Why is the UK so far down the list?

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

Hasn't the UK been under Tory control over most of the past 40 years since Margaret Thatcher except for a brief stint of Labor governments in the 1990s under John Major who was hardly a socialist?

By any definition of the term, the UK is the least socialist country in Europe and certainly far less socialist than all the other Nordic and continental European countries that are ahead of it on this ranking.

Perhaps that is still too Socialist.

The Tories have been extremely pro homosexual for example. This is yet another reason I don’t support “Conservative Party” politics.

[Ken]

I can answer that as a native son:
- Inflation from Socialist policies.
- Rubbish public services from Socialist policies.
- Too much insistence on the politically correct through top-down government interference in free speech.
- Too much governmental control, period.

Hasn't the UK been under Tory control over most of the past 40 years since Margaret Thatcher except for a brief stint of Labor governments in the 1990s under John Major who was hardly a socialist?

By any definition of the term, the UK is the least socialist country in Europe and certainly far less socialist than all the other Nordic and continental European countries that are ahead of it on this ranking.

Perhaps that is still too Socialist.

The Tories have been extremely pro homosexual for example. This is yet another reason I don’t support “Conservative Party” politics.

The point is that if socialism was a metric that caused unhappiness then Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark would all be much less happy countries than the UK because they are all far more socialist than the UK by any metric. Yet the opposite is true.

[MaxPC]

The Tories have been extremely pro homosexual for example. This is yet another reason I don’t support “Conservative Party” politics.

Indeed, I agree Josh. You have an inkling of the situation, being a part of the UK and all.

Those who have never lived in GB/UK should avoid arguing GB/UK politics as they have no understanding of the nuances nor context of British culture. The non-Brit always appears quite foolish. Of course there are those oppositionally defiant individuals who, without the necessary knowledge and who are desperate for attention, would try to argue with a dog about the correct way to wag his tail.

I would not even attempt to argue Oz politics as both context and nuances have differences with GB.

[Josh]

The Tories have been extremely pro homosexual for example. This is yet another reason I don’t support “Conservative Party” politics.

Indeed, I agree Josh. You have an inkling of the situation, being a part of the UK and all.

Those who have never lived in GB/UK should avoid arguing GB/UK politics as they have no understanding of the nuances nor context of British culture. The non-Brit always appears quite foolish. Of course there are those oppositionally defiant individuals who, without the necessary knowledge and who are desperate for attention, would try to argue with a dog about the correct way to wag his tail.

I would not even attempt to argue Oz politics as both context and nuances have differences with GB.

For what it’s worth, I don’t support the Liberal party either.

[MaxPC]

The Tories have been extremely pro homosexual for example. This is yet another reason I don’t support “Conservative Party” politics.

Indeed, I agree Josh. You have an inkling of the situation, being a part of the UK and all.

Those who have never lived in GB/UK should avoid arguing GB/UK politics as they have no understanding of the nuances nor context of British culture. The non-Brit always appears quite foolish. Of course there are those oppositionally defiant individuals who, without the necessary knowledge and who are desperate for attention, would try to argue with a dog about the correct way to wag his tail.

I would not even attempt to argue Oz politics as both context and nuances have differences with GB.

For what it’s worth, I don’t support the Liberal party either.

Neither party will do it for me either. Now for something completely different: what are your ops on Harry?