They have privatised everything, but the air, here Rachel. Water, sewage, electricity, gas, mail, trains, and all other public transport, and increasingly the NHS. It's been a disaster! Most of the utilities are now owned by overseas companies and governments, and there's little investment going back into them. The seas and rivers are filthier than they were in the 1970's, with sewage-strewn beaches nobody wants to visit, electricity and gas prices have increased many fold, with wholesale prices actually having gone down. The Royal Mail is barely functioning, train fares are the most expensive in the world, with so many daily cancellations, it's impossible to plan a trip, rural areas are often completely cut off from public transport, and even in the cities, the bus networks are appalling. As for the NHS, it's all, but collapsed, with huge waiting times for operations, and ambulances queuing for hours just to get into hospitals, people are dying in their homes, on pavement, and in hospital corridors. NHS dentistry has completely collapsed, with folks pulling their own teeth out, they're that desperate. I really don't have the language to describe the appalling mess this country is in, I'm not sure words have yet been coined. On top of this, inflation is into double figures, public sector workers haven't had a proper pay rise for more than a decade, and the national retirement age is advancing swiftly towards 70. Corruption in government is on a scale never seen here before. Among the workers currently striking or engaged in industrial disputes are nurses, train drivers, doctors, teachers, railway workers, fire fighters, postal workers, university lecturers, baggage handlers, barristers, civil servants, ambulance drivers, physiotherapists, bus drivers, midwives, court staff, paramedics, college lecturers, and Border Force workers! Many of these groups have never, ever gone on strike before
Cool pic Rachel
When I was in the post office yesterday, trying, in vain, to post an overseas parcel, and saw some copies of that book being sold off for a fiver, and had intended to buy a couple of copies. However, the line was so long, I'd have been waiting the best part of an hour
Your Country isn’t alone, but it sounds pretty bad. Many reasons for this, but we’d have to get political. Very sorry for UK’s current state.
I know just what you mean mate, those nights seem to go on forever, you are exhausted, but just can't get comfortable to sleep 
I'm glad you're starting to feel a little better. Enjoy the fresh air with your Hartshead Barlow 
You take a great pic my friend 
