In response to Janice Davis: Saturday Essay: Is Britain becoming Third World, or are we already there?, LoveMeIamALiberal wrote:
I don’t think this is evidence that Britain is a third world country but it is certainly becoming third rate. The problem boils down to an increasing divide between the rulers and the ruled: the former hold the latter in contempt and find more in common with ruling elites in other countries than with the bulk of their own citizens.