on the 4th of July. When I asked if British flags are flown from houses still (as I recall as a kid seeing the union jack) I was told never, people would openly laugh in your face and call you a damn fool. Probably tear down your union jack. This is the big difference between USA and UK as I see it. USA knows it has problems but when the chips are down we do tend to pull together and yes, we love our country. I saw "we" and "our" because I am now an American. I let my British passport expire. It's a memory of a time gone by for me. I hope this new wave of riots from the permanent underclass in UK acts as a wake up call and things start to improve. But somehow I doubt it. The politicians and parents have failed. The Police are rendered impotent. What a mess. Grant Schapps thinks that council housing is something that can be stolen from the tenants whenever the whim and political opportunism takes his fancy. He's literally making up policy on the hoof without regard for the long term consequences. This isn't responsible government dealing with a crisis, it's a bunch of incompetents making up policy on the back of an envelope in order to make headlines for themselves tomorrow morning and garner support on the right wing of their party for the day when they finally dump Cameron. Schapps thinks he is governing Gaza with