Living in the UK these days is an interesting affair. It’s hard to get away from the feeling, however ominous, that it is a country in a steady decline. One analogy I heard recently is that living in the UK as a foreigner these days is like living with a couple who want to get divorced but cannot afford to. Whole sectors of the economy are on strike – transport workers, nurses, teachers, the list goes on and on. At first, many commentators and analysts suggested that the strikes were a response to the cost of living issues that UK…

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