https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-state-of-the-nation-october-cover-story-2025
https://archive.is/gCiAX
>The Oasis reunion. Nationalised healthcare. Sir David Attenborough. Bannau Brycheiniog. Highland tweed. Baked beans and Barbour coats. There are some things about Britain that are universally, undeniably great. But, let’s be honest, there are plenty of others – income inequality, racist riots, crumbling schools and roads and fading institutions – that are not.
>If you listen to either side of our rancorous politics, Britain is broken. A state in a state. Yet another government, swept in last year on a swell of cautious optimism, is already being written off. The monarchy is mired in scandal and seemingly fading in relevance. If you believe the press, everyone from non-doms to NHS nurses is fleeing for sunnier, lower-tax climes. And yet, in so many ways, the UK is still the envy of the world. The Lionesses. Adolescence. Paddington Bear. Christopher Nolan. Love Island. Andy Murray; Harry Styles. Charli XCX; Central Cee. For all its flaws, Britain still draws people from every corner of the world – sometimes even those willing to risk everything to reach it.
>Emma Thompson, Andrew Garfield, Ian Wright, FKA Twigs, Anthony Joshua, Munroe Bergdorf, Brian Cox, Jade Thirlwall, Jason Isaacs, Ambika Mod, Will Poulter, Chloe Kelly, Amelia Dimoldenberg and yes – Mr Blobby – weigh in on what it truly means to be British in 2025
Anthony Joshua unironically comes across as the most based in this. The rest of them talk about diversity and trans and racism, Joshua says:
>Brits went out there and conquered the fucking world. It’s unbelievable. What an achievement. The whole bloody world speaks English or wants to learn English! How mad is that?
Even Ian Wright comes across better than the others.