Actually, I think it's a bit of a cliche that Brits slag off the countries they live in...I never hear much of it from ex-pats I know in Oz, France, Italy or when I lived in Spain. They may moan about some things that they miss and some of the cultural differences but this moaning, bigoted medditerranean brit harking back to the old country is a liberal, guardian metro cliche...they are by far the minority in my experience. Have you guys any evidence or is it just a lazy stereotype itself...or should you be looking at who you mix with?