WE fostered the ‘something for nothing’ attitude. Revered it. Looked up to it. The values on which OUR country was once built, founded on, lived by, and admired for all but gone – bar our withstanding sense of humour. Only, now with a slight grimace. The one thing we didn’t “GIVE” or “TAKE” from India. In fact, the ONE THING we had in common, that managed to forge a long-standing partnership. Despite the fact we COLONIZED THE FUCK out of them. Sadly, the “GREAT” things that our country, not only stood for, but actually PUT THE GREAT into BRITAIN – TOLERENCE, FRIENDSHIP, WARMTH, HELP – offered from the heart , not for what it could get. Given willingly – all gone. Education, knowledge, entrepreneurial minds – all disappearing into a Thatcher baked cake. And the angry miners got by, fighting for what they believed in, right till the very end. Holding on to their PASTIES , GRIPPING on to life....