Hi again - sorry for the delay.
The UN is a disgrace.
The arts in Europe have always been drawn to the seedier side of life (they also exult their homegrown embarrassments), but it doesn’t really reflect how ordinary people, particularly those in Britain, view America.
I would say that genuine anti-Americans in Britain are not too strong in numbers - even those who disagree with the foreign policy of the current US administration still view Americans as family, and most admit that the US is a good country more than anything else. It will probably surprise you but it’s the liberal influences of American culture (affirmative action, the compensation culture etc) that seem to bother people most on a day to day basis, just as it does Americans themselves. As a point of interest: in England (Wales and Scotland aside) conservative voters are in the majority (have been for the past 60 years), and so there is a natural bias in favour of America, it’s just no one ever asks our opinion!
I do agree with your view on the cause of the staggering rise in crime... to a degree. I just can’t help but look to the predominantly respectable Indians and West Indians who came to Britain decades ago because they wanted to raise their children in a conservative country. They were already intimately acquainted with our culture, and many were considered more “British than the British”. But the liberals, as usual, have failed the very people they purport a desire to help.
Ironically, the very thing that could have genuinely helped prevent the current situation, was abolished around the same time that immigration began. Fortunately, politicians are increasingly discussing the possibilities of reintroducing national service, and I believe that that (alongside a halt on immigration) could solve a multitude of problems. Just got to shift Gordon Brown... !
I've always wondered why liberal politics seem to be infecting the Western World everywhere the same way. I believe it is because these liberals tend to compare notes and push for similar agendas everywhere. I would hope it isn't because people look to US liberalism as an example of how to do things.
God, I hope not.