I didn’t bother with the rest because it’s all been said before. The UK isn’t meant to be comparable to the USA as a whole, just based on population, access to events, etc. EUROPE vs. USA a much better and fairer comparison, but I’ll save the copying and pasting of my previously mentioned thoughts on all this.
As you were 
edit: Couldn’t help myself on the re-read for anyone else has a few days to kill 