France's no-work ethic

Originally posted by Zibi
Great Britain is not in economic trouble. The British economy is growing at the pace of 1.7%

- So, what is the 'real' or 'net growth' figure then and how does that compare, hmmmm?

unemployment in Great Britain is 5%

- Depending on which method of accountancy you use.

I wonder how UK unemployment would look if we were to take a leaf out of the German's book and count part-timers who want a full time job as unemployed, hmmmm?

and the British national debt is low.

- Thanks to this Labour government that much is true.

Originally posted by ElTiante
Socialism is poison

True.

- What 'socialism', where?

Every country in Europe has been either maintaining a public sector which is a definite minority of economic activity in a mixed economy, or, actively reducing the size of the public sector in the last 10 - 20yrs.

That is not 'socialism'.

If you want to see the real EU figures, then watch this instead of Zibi's poor CIA factbook.