Heathrow Harry: Thanks for the sanity comment.
I guess we have read many examples of what we Yanks observe as "bloke bloody-mindedness".
Sometimes a good thing, as when everyone in the UK got bloody-minded about Operation Corporate. Sometimes a bad thing, when it involves mindless, bureaucratic "dog-chasing-his-tail" silliness.
And, after watching a few episodes of MI-5 over here, I am very aware of how anti-US many Brits can be (in this case the show's writers). Not at all the case with the many aviation friends, RAF friends, and a the girls I dated while flying out of Mildenhall.
