Originally Posted by right-track

What is it with the British abroad. It's as if bad behaviour is fuelled by some form of twisted national pride.
Never been able to fully put my finger on it.

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'd put it down to several factors. We have an island mentality, we have virtually no lingusitic integration with the rest of Europe and we are also the remains of a once powerful empire that did what it wanted when it wanted.