From a Swedish perspective here, the media picture of U.K is usually quite positive. Tony Blair got big respect despite his strong pro-Iraqi war stand (maybe because he seemed so honest in believing there really were Wpns of mass destr, unlike Bush and co). The UK has stong integrity despite it's ties to the USA. London is portrayed as the financial hub of Europe despite the lack of Euro. The negative things we hear are the increasing Islamization of the UK (crazy Imams, terrorists), race-related riots and youth-problems such as drug-use, street violence and bad attitude of English youth abroad. Also, the British press is infamous for being very unfair and nasty.
Swedes like and respect the British people A LOT, the mentality & manners (similar to Swedish), the humour, the culture such as Brit-pop, the pubs, English football team, London as a tourist attraction, all the BBC-documents that are shown here, British "higher culture" such as music, litterature, theatre and film, British history.
Personally I have high respect for the UK as a nation, it's people and of course it's amazing history. The only bad thing is that you're not into heavy metal like the rest of Europe, despite being it's motherland.
Oh, another really bad thing. Scotland is still under occupation.
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