Yeh I agree there has been decline in the UK for many decades now and it's sad to see. Corporate greed will be corporate greed and governments have bowed to it for fear of busineeses going elsewhere. Governments have the power to stop or lessen the excessive greed if it looks after it's people first instead of whats good for corporations first. We are a ship without a captain like you say and I feel the UK does need to get it's British balls back! :)