yay britain
Ok I will admit I'm not the type to get nationally proud, nor do I have a great desire to wear a union jack BUT after talking to friends in the states, DEAR GOD I'M GLAD I'M ENGLISH!
While I think Blair is but a trained poodle to Bush, I have to admit our leaders do not base their term on any one religion. Due to this we can proudly say " marriage was around long before christianity and will be there long after". This mean we support any union between two people and have gay marriage here with all the laws and rights effecting straight marriage, including adoption.
We take better care of our people, everyone has access to free health care, regardless of how poor or sick they are. NEVER would a dying man be turned away because he couldn't pay! Even visiting foreigners, if injured will be treated for free here. A nation is only as strong as it's people, if the poorest section of a country is sick then your economy crashes as the back bone of the work force isn't strong.
We don't over work our people, everyone right down to the lowest shelf filler is entitled to 4 weeks PAID holiday AND statutory sick pay. Women and men can claim 3 months maternity leave PAID. We have strict laws on hours worked and pay too. Every 6 hours worked means you get 30 minutes break. You have to have at least 12 hours between one shift ending and the next begining, and you can only work 40 hours per week. Our minimum wage is about to hit £5.00 per hour $9.20 to the us.
We hold with the Kyoto convention, reducing pollution, recycling and trying to make a healthier less polluted world for the next generation. commitments to kyoto will not damage the economy, as jobs are made at recycling centres, wind farms, hydro damns, which provide much longer term jobs than fossil fuel industries.
But the thing I really am proud of is our tight discrimination laws, sexism has all been stamped out here, you cant refuse work to anyone based on gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability. In fact every business in the uk has to be accessable to blind, deaf and disabled people.
I find it very strange that America which has an official bill of human rights, gives you so little, it gives you the right to carry a gun to kill but not the right to heal.
While I think Blair is but a trained poodle to Bush, I have to admit our leaders do not base their term on any one religion. Due to this we can proudly say " marriage was around long before christianity and will be there long after". This mean we support any union between two people and have gay marriage here with all the laws and rights effecting straight marriage, including adoption.
We take better care of our people, everyone has access to free health care, regardless of how poor or sick they are. NEVER would a dying man be turned away because he couldn't pay! Even visiting foreigners, if injured will be treated for free here. A nation is only as strong as it's people, if the poorest section of a country is sick then your economy crashes as the back bone of the work force isn't strong.
We don't over work our people, everyone right down to the lowest shelf filler is entitled to 4 weeks PAID holiday AND statutory sick pay. Women and men can claim 3 months maternity leave PAID. We have strict laws on hours worked and pay too. Every 6 hours worked means you get 30 minutes break. You have to have at least 12 hours between one shift ending and the next begining, and you can only work 40 hours per week. Our minimum wage is about to hit £5.00 per hour $9.20 to the us.
We hold with the Kyoto convention, reducing pollution, recycling and trying to make a healthier less polluted world for the next generation. commitments to kyoto will not damage the economy, as jobs are made at recycling centres, wind farms, hydro damns, which provide much longer term jobs than fossil fuel industries.
But the thing I really am proud of is our tight discrimination laws, sexism has all been stamped out here, you cant refuse work to anyone based on gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability. In fact every business in the uk has to be accessable to blind, deaf and disabled people.
I find it very strange that America which has an official bill of human rights, gives you so little, it gives you the right to carry a gun to kill but not the right to heal.