Unfortunately,so much of that tiny minority are our media people and newsmakers. It makes me wonder how much of the "New Britain"(remember that awful slogan "cool Britannia"?) is reality,and how much of the "true Britain" still remains somewhere,left to itself and unseen or unrecognised by their media("public relations")and therefore by everyone else.I've always wondered if any of the really truly "Britishness" of Britain remains anywhere.I can't wait until I can go there one day and find out for myself. I intend to avoid London like the plague(hehe)and get out to the countryside and villages just to see. I don't have any romantic notions that there are untouched places left,of course(in these days,I don't think there are any left ANYwhere),but surely the life and character can't have been squeezed out the entire country.
mrsmel, I'm a huge fan of London. You can find true Britishness there like nowhere else. But of course big cities are not to everyone's taste. England is still full of traditional villages with cricket pitches, ancient pubs, Norman churches and beautiful countryside.