Now you might think this is a little strange coming from someone who has signed up to have their photos on the web.

But what is it with people and their ego’s these days? Everyone in the country is so desperate to get noticed! Now I am all for people being famous for actually achieving something. Look at Isambard Kingdom Brunel - he designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge, The Thames Tunnel and most of The Great Western Railway. I bet most people reading this have never even heard of him! He is less famous today than Nikki the airhead from Big Brother. All she has achieved is wearing very little and being constantly cold. We are from a country that has invented and built things like : - Disc Brakes, Cats Eyes, Fax Machines, The Electro Magnet, Penicillin. The Jet Engine, Television and even The Internet.

Years ago Britain was truly Great! We were one of 2 countries worldwide that had managed supersonic air travel for passengers, we had a huge motor trade (Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, TVR, Bentley etc)and some of the best manufacturing and development in the world. Heck 100 years ago we owned most of the world. So what happened? I’ll tell you what. We got greedy. Instead of making things that were renowned the world over for having British build quality and style we tightened the purse strings and outsourced. In pretty much every area we cut corners and have been bought out by the rest of the world.

People are far too concerned with the easy way out. “I don’t want to work because it is easier to collect dole and watch Tricia.” Is that the kind of attitude that built us an empire? I am not saying for one minute that we start invading countries and colonising again. (We seem to be helping the Americans with that enough as it is) But lets try and make Britain Great again.

I realise now after spending 5 minutes of my time writing this that I sound like a middle aged man with a chip on my shoulder. However I am under mid 20’s and can remember the things that we used to be good at….

So lets stop looking for the easy road to fame and think a bit more about what we can all do to make this a better place again.