England's no more.

[markinbrussels]

It's all the fault of the baby boomer generation.

They traded traditional values for cultural Marxism

They traded a culture of sacrifice for a culture of hedonism.

They traded hard-work for the entitlement culture of the welfare-state.

They traded saving money for mindless consumerism

They traded racial and cultural homogeneity for multiculturalism and mass-immigration

The result is the world we live in.

[BlasterBates]

I was watching a programme reminisicing about British pop in the 60's, and all the pictures showed what horrible dumps Liverpool and London were. I'm a big fan of 50's and 60's music but when you hear how it was played in the pubs and clubs it sounded pretty dreadful through the PA systems they had in those days. Naah it's better now. You can actually play that music through decent amplifiers these days in a pub and make it sound good.

[ItsQuickerAntiClockwise]

I was watching a programme reminisicing about British pop in the 60's, and all the pictures showed what horrible dumps Liverpool and London were. I'm a big fan of 50's and 60's music but when you hear how it was played in the pubs and clubs it sounded pretty dreadful through the PA systems they had in those days. Naah it's better now. You can actually play that music through decent amplifiers these days in a pub and make it sound good.

Amen to that Master Bates.

[xoggoth]

Oi MarkinB, I'm a baby boomer and oppose all those things.

Apart from the culture of hedonism obviously, although didn't get nearly enough of it myself.

[CheeseSlice]

What busts my balls is that you cannot eat out simply and quickly like the European Johnnie Foreigner can in his country.

Sometimes I just want to pop in a small cafe and get a small, good quality meal in 30 minutes with a small glass of wine.

I don't want to stay for 3 courses. I don't want a kebab, curry, chinese, mexican... yadda yadda

I've managed to get it under 1 hour when going for a quick mid week 1 course bit of nosh, to break the week up rather than cook at home. It helps when you do it so often and visit the same places that you already know what you're going to eat and drink the moment you're seated

[gricerboy]

Between what years does one have to be born to qualify as a baby bomber?

[Ruprect]

Between what years does one have to be born to qualify as a baby bomber?

Was that on purpose?

[Ruprect]

General comment on the thread: cheer up you bunch of miserable b@5tards.

Likely top 10% of earners and you don't have the imagination or the inclination to find beauty or happiness in England today? This is a wonderful country - it has its problems, of course, but please spare us the rose tinted specs view on days of yore!

[gricerboy]

Was that on purpose?

Lol, no twas my predictive text going haywire again.

[norrahe]

Actually, Babylon was filmed in Lewisham so maybe that's still the same. But I kind of doubt it.

yep, same ol, same ol