In our dying days of Empire, World War 1 started. There was a famous poster, "Your Country Needs You" and literally hundreds of thousands, probably millions, answered the call, they were prepared to die for their country. 100 years on and how many would answer that same call? Many would laugh at the very idea of dying for your country. I'm not sure that what has happened to the UK has anything to do with left or right politics but I'm pretty certain that virtually all of us battling away on forums are less men than our grandfathers and great grandfathers. That, is what has happened to the UK.