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Always with the culture war, mainly because they have fuck all to offer that is constructive.
My parents (my own personal bellweather of the effect of govt. comms) talked about this on the phone recently - apparently it's a point of national pride, possibly even a Brexit benefit as we don't have to negotiate with 27 other countries.
Firstly, get a grip. What a mental statistic to take national pride from. Secondly, give it a couple of weeks and compare our numbers to Germany's and I wouldn't bet on ours being the better.
Always with the culture war, mainly because they have fuck all to offer that is constructive.