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Britain, the spitting image of bad manners.

Byline: Neil Sears

BAD manners are the biggest problem facing our society, according to astudy.

Spitting and swearing are most unpopular manifestations of this, along with notsaying please or thank you, and pushing in.

Parents are largely to blame for the declining standards, according to thesurvey for a TV programme.

More than half of those questioned said poor manners were the biggest problemfacing society. Just over two thirds said they were the cause of anti-socialbehaviour.

An even higher percentage, 86 per cent, agreed that Britons have become ruderover the last ten years. Ninety per cent of those questioned blamed the declinein standards on the ...

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