UK - A New Depression?

The UK is not a good place to live right now. I guess it would be easy to blame Golden Brown, or the labour government (deliberate small case), but I'm not sure what any other government would be able to do. I am only 37, but can see the demise of morals, of knowing right from wrong, of the change in priorities of most in society, etc. What is it with this celebrity worship? Who cares what Britney Spears is up to? Why is Big Brother so popular? Who cares what brand of clothing people are wearing? I am scared for my 14 year-old daughter; for the World she will be entering when she is grown. I would emigrate in an instant, were it not for my ties to my family and friends. They are so important to me. It is a shame that the UK government pay such a lot of money for my nurse training, yet there is little incentive for me to stay here and repay the money spent on me. There might not even be a job for me in the NHS when I qualify. They're very short of nurses in Oz. If I could take my family and friends with me, I would be off like a shot.