gulliver - // Ask some of the staff who work in the hotels etc in holiday spots abroad . I can assure you we are not the flavour of the month. The Brits Abroad think they are so important and every one should bow down to them, and thats what turns foreigners against us.We have pushed the Germans way down the the arrogance ladder. //
Remember when you were small, there was always one kid who would come round and behave really badly, in a way he would never dream of behaving at home, but felt it was OK because it was someone else's house, so it didn't matter?
That kid grew up - physically at least - and now he behaves in exactly the same way in other people's countries, for exactly the same reasons.