Andreas Eich
A Closer Look at the British Elite
Following on from my post on British class society and how the lives of the upper classes differ from the rest, I'd like to take a closer...
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Andreas Eich
Mar 106 min read
British Class Society - The Divide Grows Every Day
In a previous post, I wrote about the cost of independent schools and the opportunities they offer. I ended up talking about friends who...
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Andreas Eich
Dec 3, 20239 min read
Why Most British Governments Are Not Backed By The Majority Of Voters And The Consequences
The British can be proud of having fought for many democratic achievements in throughout their history, many of which we take for granted...
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Andreas Eich
Nov 19, 20238 min read
UK's Political System Today... And Its Shortcomings
In a previous post, I summarised some modern democratic standards: basic rights and laws are described in a constitution, mechanisms are...
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Andreas Eich
Nov 5, 20237 min read
City of London - The Hidden Force in British Politics
As described in my last post, many of Britain's political institutions have a proud, centuries-old tradition. This is as impressive as it...
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Andreas Eich
Oct 22, 20238 min read
The UK has the Dumbest Democratic System in the World - Introduction, History & Modern Standards
Looking back at my previous posts, Britain is struggling with several major crises. Low salaries and a high cost of living mean more and...
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Andreas Eich
Oct 8, 20236 min read
NHS Doctors Are Conditioned to Be Worker Drones
In my previous posts I described the disastrous state of the English NHS from a financial, administrative and patient perspective. But...
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Andreas Eich
Sep 24, 20237 min read
The NHS Through the Eyes of a Patient
As described in the last post, the NHS in England has been underfunded since at least 2010 . But what kind of state is it in from the...
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Andreas Eich
Sep 10, 20238 min read
How the English NHS has been run ragged
As previously described, the public healthcare system is the pride of Britain. Among other things, the pride results from the absence of...
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Andreas Eich
Aug 27, 20235 min read
England is not Britain, is not the UK, except sometimes
In my posts about football and how it reflects society (and also how it doesn't), I have sometimes talked about Britain and sometimes...
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Andreas Eich
Aug 12, 20235 min read
Special: Why the Premier League's Success is Not Mirrored in British Society (Part 2)
In the first part of my football special, I demonstrated how football reflects society. German engineering spirit and the British focus...
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Andreas Eich
Aug 9, 20239 min read
Special: How Football Mirrors Society (Part 1)
In my post Germans are Engineers, Britons are Businessmen I dealt with the different mentalities of the two mentioned peoples and gave...
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Andreas Eich
Jul 29, 20236 min read
The NHS, Pride of Britain
These days, the UK's national health system, the National Health Service (NHS), had its 75th anniversary. It is about time to write about...
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Andreas Eich
Jul 16, 20236 min read
Germans are Engineers, the British are Businessmen
In my post about the English education system, I explained that in some English schools (rather: in many) students are driven to focus...
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Andreas Eich
Jul 2, 20238 min read
Wimbledon: Where Britannia ist still GREAT
Chaos and incompetence reign everywhere in Britain at least I gave that impression in my last post. But is it really everywhere? Of...
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Andreas Eich
Jun 18, 20236 min read
Daily Life in the UK: Chaos and Incompetence Everywhere (Part 1)
In the last post, I wrote about the English school system, and the assessment of a former teacher that neither students, teachers nor...
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Andreas Eich
Jun 4, 20236 min read
The English School System and the Lack of Education
At the end of the last post I asked myself why many British do not consider it important to know the history of their country. And far...
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Andreas Eich
May 21, 20237 min read
What the British Know About Their History: (Almost) Nothing!
In this blogpost I spend quite some time on the history of the Empire, but considering the scope of the topic, my descriptions only just...
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Andreas Eich
Apr 8, 20236 min read
British Liberalism in the 19th Century: Salt Monopoly and Opium Wars
Many Brexiteers wish for the ‘good old days’ when free trade made Britain, and somehow all other countries, rich. In my previous posts I...
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Andreas Eich
Apr 2, 20235 min read
The British Colonisation of India
The colonisation of India is a good example of the mechanisms that drove the expansion of the Empire. As early as 1600, the East India...
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