Taking a brief moment off from my day of Lauren Bacall worship (she said, as you may have heard, that Tom Cruise is something like a maniac), I discover that another golden oldie has been expressing controversial views.
I refer, of course, to Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who has said the following on a Dutch and Belgian TV show:
You know England is not that fucking great, as anybody'll tell you. To live in England is a fucking shithole, to be honest. Well, look at it, fucking dump!
Tempting as it is to recall the words of Boris Johnson's sometime advisor James McGrath - who suggested certain members of society could always leave the UK if they weren't happy here - and apply it, in this case, to Noel rather than, as McGrath appeared to be suggesting, black people, let's hear Noel out.
He doesn't like:
Tourism (too many), crime (too much), traffic (too much), pollution (too much) ...
He also doesn't like pop stars gushing about one another.
He does, however, like:
His girlfriend, his kids, English tea and, best of all, global warming, which he describes as "brilliant".
Well, that's the Gallagher polemic for today. What would you add - best and worst things about the UK today?
