.... then I could write 10,000 words on 'waking up' to what the UK & USA have become, not what they used to be. The essay would include words like: police state, pre-occupation with fear and risk, growing inequality, the emergence of a super elite class, oil, military invasions, human rights, guantanamo bay, islamaphobia, rampant capitilsm, deceit, corruption, demise of democracy, fuelling terrorism, poor climate, over-crowding, lowering quality of life, deteriorating infrastructure, pollution, unemployment, recession, the collapse of western capitalism
.... and of course what great countries they are.