To Mole.: I'm not a member of any political party, but I'm enough of a realist to state that I'd probably agree with all of them on SOME things; but, since you did use/misuse that quote again, I'd prefer the SNP, The English Democrats, etc.; and, in my opinion, if Blair and Brown knew better, they'd be members of the SNP.
To CV: As for your "serious study", I majored in anthropology, with distinctions, found my way on a shoestring through about 40 countries, and have put a lot of extra thought into these issues. Also, you surely know by now that I'm an English repat. - but you say "you ought to go back home to Australia"?...I'd like to live my life here in England and VISIT Australia again...is that okay with you?
To PFHL: yes, as a repat. and not a visitor to England, I have worked on my pronunciation (and put quite a lot else into my repatriation, as said above) with BOTH my speaking and singing...is that okay with you?
To Ron: recently on tv the concern was raised that a very high percentage of childrens programmes, e.g., in England now are from America - is that "evolution" or replacement/globalisation/Americanisation...and here, again, I must stress that I do enjoy some American culture/music myself, but we in England DO have our own good culture, which IS being lost, which is NOT good for our society.
At least, just recently, more-and-more English people are openly raising such concerns.