Things are just great in England aren't they?

I was reading the economist the other day. Therein was a snapshot of the UK economy over the last 20 years. It really was a sight to behold. Falling crime rates, massive reductions in unemployment, increased wages, stable financial growth, shortest NHS waiting lists ever, I could go on.

So why are so many people so upset about the state of England then? It is a possibility that things are now so good, that we have little to concern ourselves with, instead looking to ever better living standards. Clearly there are still problems England faces; affordable housing moving ever up that ladder, proportionately to the ever depleting list of available places for new housing to be built. My colleague DE blogged about the future of London and talks about the failings of London to provide sustainable infrastructure to maintain itself. Have compromises been made in the wrong place in this country? Is England a product of its own success? Possibly.