British Youth Can't Read or Write

At Telegraph UK, "Too many young people are unable to read, write or communicate properly and do not work hard, a business leader claimed, as mass immigration is named by the Government as the biggest threat to challenging the benefits culture." (Via Theo Spark.)

Well, if it's any consolation to the Brits, Americans don't know when we severed ties from the mother country. At Marist Poll, "Independence Day — Seventeen Seventy When?" And, "Don’t Know Much About History?"