[Welsh Rabbit]

"Every meeting I go to, every social occasion, even when I'm out shopping, someone hears my accent and challenges me to a debate,"

I'd just yawn in their face and tell them I could the Guardian myself if I wanted their opinion.

[TFine80]

I think the problem is similar to the way the US media looks at things. They assume that if they and their friends do something everyone must do the same. Here some journalist, albeit for the Telegraph, is 'telegraphing' his experiences on to the rest of Britain.

Most British are reasonable people -- what is the point of arguing with a single American about Bush's policies??? It's only in the really wacko European countries -- Greece, Belgium, France, and parts of Germany -- where you have to put up with this crap.