> oh this looks nice and positive There's no positivity left. All the positive people, as I said, were encouraged to leave. What's left is hugely corrupt loca

> oh this looks nice and positive There's no positivity left. All the positive people, as I said, were encouraged to leave. What's left is hugely corrupt local councils (that control planning) all staffed by the most bitter venal types you've ever met who all have the same mentality - 'I can't fix it myself but if I let someone else fix it for me that means they're better than me, and I can't accept that' so they choose to rule over ruins than step aside. Usually combined with lots of racism and alcoholism. It all shows through in the television. The cynicism and sarcasm that pervades British television is so telling once you see it from a distance. > whether it is self inflicted dreariness that people somehow like They do seem to like it, unfortunately.