Ebbie, 200 miles may be a doddle for you over there, for us it's a long journey. Also we are so London centred that people who don't live there are resentful about the fact that everything comes from there. This is more than just the US demanding that we put ourselves to great inconvenience, it's the London resentment added on top. For us it's the same as someone in Los Angeles being told they have to travel to New York for everything. Even when we have the chance to even things up we don't. Take the building of the new national football stadium. Instead of in the Midlands when the most anyone would have to travel is 200 miles, they've re-built it in London. For a Geordie from Newcastle, which is near the Scottish border this is a hell of a journey to see his team in a cup final. This all builds resentment. Every international art exhibition , every major play with the best actors.. we have to travel to London, London, London or we don't see it. These events never come to the rest of the country. For many of us London could be a separate nation, they get the best of everything. So for us this attitude of the USA's representatives over here is the straw on the camel's back. Somehow having to take the same arrogance from another country makes the anger double. I hope you can understand.