General decline: HMRC R&D enquiries

The infinite phone scroll is everywhere and its lure is almost irresistible. Countless hours lost in the ether. Rarely of any meaningful use it can occasionally provide a spark of inspiration. During a recent evening scroll the Reddit algorithm had decided that the British mentality towards complaining would be of interest to me. For once the algorithm was right. The next 20 minutes were spent sifting through dozens of opinions on the British reluctancy to complain. One particular comment caught my eye:

‘We put up with substandard or even downright criminal behaviour without complaint by those called the “silent majority”. If we wish to see our country climb out of the cesspit it has sunk in to we ALL need to complain loudly when things are truly wrong.’

The perceived decline of the UK is outside of the scope...