Finland move into third place
The UK are a distant fourth In a stange turn of events, Finland shot passed the UK yesterday, to take the third place behind the USA , and Singapore for readers of my blog. The UK lies a distant, almost invisible fourth, not far ahead of Ireland . Finland is "supposed" to one of the happiest countries; that is a claim I would dispute. People don't realise, they have been at war with Sweden over a land dispute since Sweden became a kingdom in 1812; they are in an everlasting contention with both Sweden, and Norway over a patch of land - no larger than a soccer field - not because any of the states want the land, they don't want anoybody else to have it. The Finns had a winter war with Russia , which they won, before WW2 , during the Second World War they were on constant alert over the threat of an invasion by Germany , caused by the nuetrality of Sweden. I have been to Finland, many years ago, and from my experience I can say they are not the friendliest of peo...