So, do you think that the large numbers native UKers that are fleeing the UK for Canada, Australia, and the USA are hysterical, too?
Do we have problems?. Yes.
Do we have serious problems?. Yes.
Are we a hellhole circling the drain?. No.
And btw, the obvious point you missed is that those are BRITONS leaving the country. They know what is right and what is wrong with Britain 2010, much more than an American who gets his ideas on the UK from FreeRepublic headlines.
And I also dare say that many of those who left are sad that they did so. Still patriots, but who felt that life for their families was at the time better in other countries.
And as Britain gets better, who knows, many may come back.
Remember, Britain was in the doldrums in 1979 and people fled. I think youll agree that from 1979, and a certain lady, Britain went from being a near joke to a powerful dynamic nation that won wars and led the world.