Half the population is “fed up.” To express being “fed up” means to be a middle aged man, and to shout a lot (so lots of fed up people, who are neither men nor loud nor middle aged have no way to express what they want in public.) Often you are fed up because you have bad wages, or your business wasn’t profitable, or because they stopped you beating up your wife and children. Sometimes you’re fed up because you’re not allowed to hate Johnny Foreigner any more (even though you did lose your job when new people moved to your town.) You’re fed up because the NHS isn’t working and no-one listens to you, but you are sure that people should be listening to you. You know that being “fed up” is all you can do to change things. And at least shouting makes you feel better. You shout because you know you’re right, just like Jeremy Clarkson or Piers Morgan knows he’s right, because other people are wrong. Why is no-one listening?
The other half is “disappointed.” To be disappointed also means to be middle aged, or to be a millennial who dreams of being middle aged. You are disappointed mainly because of what the “fed up” people have done to you, and often because of how the “fed up” people express themselves. But nonetheless you’ll still take their rent (paid for with housing benefits), increase it every year, and let the “fed up” people take the flack for the increasing cost to the public when they are called “scroungers”. You are disappointed by the service at the NHS but you might have health insurance with work. You are disappointed because you worry about how the future might stop your children excelling, but you don’t give a thought to other people’s children left behind (just like you were disappointed when your kids only got into their second choice school, but you did nothing to change the system in which some people had to go to bad schools. No wonder, your kids will be fine even if you have to bring in a private tutor to help them a little.) You are disappointed because, when you think really hard about what a good person you are, and how you deserve all you have, you can only imagine how unkind those who have less than you must be. You are disappointed at them being fed up. Why can’t they just hold a banner or sign a petition? You think a lot about how you could never be that unkind. You are disappointed that the world is unfair, but you are certain that it isn’t your fault. You would never hate foreigners, but all the ones you know are well off. Why would anyone hate them? They’re good and kind people too. You are disappointed that people are less worldly than you because they don’t speak French, but you wouldn’t learn even a word of Turkish to speak to your neighbour.