1. Agree. Agreeing is paramount to being British. Agree even if you don’t actually agree. No one wants to know.

2. Be non-confrontational. Very similar to rule no. 1. To confront is to highlight a problem which reflects a lack of common ground. This is the same as disagreeing.

3. Get on with it. What one does even if one does not agree and is trying not to be confrontational.

4. Do not question. Where questioning and thinking outside the box are admired traits in the USA as the sign of a free and inquisitive mind, in the UK this is interpreted as trouble. Do not be a trouble-maker. Be harmonious and agree. Most Brits will be paralyzed with shock of being challenged and will revert to repeating the same point again and again. Game over.

5. Keep the flame of tradition alive. The UK has been doing things the same way since the beginning of time, and though has been whittled down to a tiny island of its original empire, it is still here. Don’t try to change it, or do things differently.  This explains the continued presence of separate hot and cold water taps, carpeting in pubs and bad food.

6. Drink excessively. As one is constantly having to repress how one really feels, and feeling quite trapped, get to the pub. Drinking with strangers is solidarity and how you really feel is only allowed to be shared if outrageously drunk so that it can be dismissed and forgotten immediately. See rule no. 3.

7. Dress questionably. If one is unable to get to a pub to get blasted into an oblivion, dressing inappropriately is a perfectly acceptable outlet for self-expression. You may not verbally express yourself through questioning nor confronting but putting your boobs, stomach or butt on clear display will certainly send out your message of disconnect.

8. Be happy with the staus quo and do not ask for more, aka do not strive for better. This suggests things could be better and that you know the way which is very presumptuous as the UK runs on tradition.  

9. Be vague. Ambiguity is a key technique in British conversation. As no one will be sure if one correctly understands you, you are effectively confusing them so that it is easier to blindly agree.

10. Say one thing but mean another. If you are the audience, read between the lines.  Example: defend the UK’s dreary weather by proclaiming loudly from every rooftop that you love it, but vacation in sunny Spain or Dubai every chance you get.