If you want to see the increasingly bizarre turn that anti-Americanism is taking amongst the UK’s chatterati, read this odd little attack on New York by a writer in the Guardian . Here’s an extract for those who are having a nice Saturday, and don’t want to waste any more time than they have to watching a tiny, but angry, little mind spinning out of control:

“I’ve always been confused by the rationale behind compulsive bragging. Apart from being so boring, it broadcasts the opposite of confidence: everyone knowing that a boast is self-doubt in disguise. A city famous for its shrinks would, you might have thought, be wise to this. Instead, since 9/11 it has commodified boastfulness into an entire industry, tirelessly dedicated to I Love New York merchandise. The only alternative on sale in many parts of Manhattan is merchandise branded with I Love NYPD instead.”

Decca, love, here’s a comment from this Englishman in New York: **** off.

(yes, yes, inarticulate and boorish response, but really)

Hat-tip Stephen Pollard.