What one thing does the UK do better than any any other country ?

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UpForItNow · 22-25, F

To quote de Gaulle: "Without having experienced it oneself, it is difficult to imagine with what skill, with what a variety of procedures, with what insistence, by turns gracious, pressing and threatening, the British are capable of deploying their resources to obtain satisfaction."

Nimbus · M

@UpForItNow That's quite an eloquent thing to say.

Unusual for a Frenchman ;)

UpForItNow · 22-25, F

@Nimbus He made another good, apposite quote: "The British are by nature a placid people, but they have also a streak of violence that, once aroused, soon becomes implacable."