UK the bastion of all that is good with R/T?
Redsnail, have re-read the posts a couple of times and can't find anywhere that suggests the UK has got it right.
And I think UK ATC is now able to clear for an ILS approach.
The pilot who was told to go ahead and promptly taxied, took off and flew to his destination has got a lot to answer for. Although sounding a bit odd, at least "pass your message" gets the intention across rather than the Australian solution of merely responding with the aircraft callsign!