Well Camp Freddie, I have had to go through your system, after spending just as much pain doing the Aussie ones originally. All just to get a tick in the box to do EXACTLY what I was doing in Oz.
Are you suggesting that a JAR pilot is better than an ICAO one?
14 exams that are questionable as to their relevance is, as has been stated already, protectionism and nothing else.
You still need a 'green card' to work in UK, USA and Oz, so what's your problem?