Trouble is though - is that Les is Admin, been on the boards much longer than yourself, and has the backing of all the other staff.
For the record, I'm not terribly worried about Americans pointing up British stereotypes - if they've visited our island then they only mean it in jest, and nine times out of ten back it up with something positive to say as well, and if an American slags off the U.K and they haven't been here - well, what do they know?