If there is one constant in this world it's the whinging Brit.
I have worked with Brits on every continent, bar the Antarctic, and it's the same story you hear from all of them. We have the best system, we are the only ones applying the regulations, and so on and on and on....
I have yet to meet a British licence holder who stood out against anybody else. On the ground or in the air. You need to get over yourself.
That some are worse does not make you better. Being bureaucratic and reactionary is not a quality.