American news outlets are full of stories with headlines like “Britain’s Broke” or “What Happened to the UK?” That nation’s been hit by a series of nasty strikes largely down to cost-of-living issues. Being a lazy, navel-gazing Socialist paradise, there’s little else to do but not go to your first responder job where you do fuck all anyway. Teachers, ambulance drivers, transport workers, nurses, the fire brigade, pick a group - everybody’s in on the fun. This is a stroll down memory lane for yours truly. I lived it. Here’s how.
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