The British disease is the arrogance of bosses who behave as if they're masters of the universe and that ordinary mortals shouldn't complain.
Fatcats are so arrogant; VOICE OF THE
He lambasted licensees behind alcohol promotions which offered cut-price drinks on Halloween with some as low as 10p and appealed to "people generally" to avoid
the British disease of binge drinking.
NHS doesn't need drink horror shows; COMMENT
IS
the British disease striking our economy once again?
Plan ahead before rates start to rise
"To cure
the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches." -- Book,
The Twelve Best Margaret Thatcher Quotes
In thinking about these prospects, it is important to understand the nature of
the British disease. It was not simply that America and Germany grew faster than Britain after 1870.
Is America catching the 'British disease?'
Places like HP Sauce and Alstom have suffered from
the British disease of short-termism.
SALE COULD BE THE END; Chinn: Deal is nail in coffin for city brand:
If lauding the performance of a loser seems like a classic case of
the British disease regularly pointed to as the root of the nation's sporting failures, then it is a tradition worth clinging to.
So, who still doesn't believe in fairytales?
Is it part of
the British disease of never being properly prepared for anything?
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Apathy will kill
Finally, yes I acknowledge
the British disease known as booze culture encompasses all racing, and I have been to enough evening meetings to witness it first-hand, but watching the floodlight racing from Kempton merely confirmed that the enticement is not the racing, but a night out.
Letter: Is racing a sideshow?
The hooliganism element of soccer became known on the Continent as
the British disease. Families stayed away from matches not only because of the violence but also because of the disgusting nature of the chanting.
Chants, they are a'changin'
You have added further proof of
the British disease of shooting down our heroes at the very moment when they need help, support and encouragement.
Letter: Cheap and shodd
For students of
the British disease, it is also a sorry commentary on the British tendency to fail to achieve policy objectives because of over-complication and over-centralisation.
Can LVT be made to work?
The British disease means small shareholders can do virtually nothing about this pay award because voting on it is dominated by big institutional shareholders - the same sort of people who used to moan about the union block vote.
STOTTY ON SUNDAY: Slick to death of City Gents
Gone are the days when we could blame
the British disease on an underclass of brainless thugs.
England's gory; Are our invading thugs following in the footsteps of Henry the Fifth?
And he accused them of suffering from
the British disease - "we've had a half, so we will give them a half".
Billy flops don't know the half of it