The UK economy is not good, and the amount of debt that people have is ever increasing. Currently it is around £25,000 per adult (or possibly per family) on average. There are various reasons for this, but the economy is nowhere near as good as Bwma make out. I would guess that if the UK had become fully metric long before now that things would be better, and that if the UK had remained totally imperial it would be worse as the UK could not have traded with anyone (unless it used metric and US measurements, both of which are different to UK imperial measurements).
David King
MightyChimp wrote:
That is typical BWMA-stupidity. They make it appear that Britain has high economic growth because of its use of ifp, while the present sluggisch economic growth in The Netherlands, Germany and France is caused by the use of SI in these countries.
*Actually Han that in itself makes no sense as UK industries have been metric for years, if not decades. *
*Their claim is that the UK can manage their own affairs and if they became "more" integrated in Europe, their wonderful economy would be just like much of the Euro area. The thinking is that the UK doesn't need the EU and if they UK were to leave the EU then the UK could effectively nullify all EU metric directives that apply to the UK. By painting an overly rosy picture of the UK ecoonomy and a dismal one of the EU they hope to convince enough people to push for the UK to leave the EU.*
*The BWMA wants the UKIP to work to get the UK out of the EU as soon as possible, for the following reasons:*
*1.) To prevent EU pressure or support from amending the road sign laws from ever happening.*
*2.) To prevent the UKMA initiative from ever taking off.*
*3.) To prevent the EU labelling directive from becoming law in the UK. *
*I'm sure there are more reasons, but you get the jist.*
The higher economic growth in Britain (and Ireland) is caused by their adoption of the American social-economic model; France, Germany and The Netherlands use the Rhineland model, a more 'social' type of capitalism, which at present has the wind against it.. Strange that Ireland is going metric and yet has high economic growth, isn't it BWMA?
*Unfortunately, the Rheinland model is cracking. The competition
from China and India has created somewhat of an economic crisis in
Europe. The cradle to grave free medical care, the large
extensive vacations, the 32~35 h workweek are all having a
negative economic impact on the EU. Thus, you can see in the news
where company after company in the EU is enacting "reforms" that
will in the long term create an American style economy in Europe. Some companies have successfully ended the perks by threathening
to cut jobs and move them to the new EU countries unless the
workers agree to reforms.*
*The British economy must not be as rosy as they would have you believe. The British interest rates are at 4~5 % compared to 1~2 % everywhere else. This means they have to keep the rates high to attrack foreign investment and the pound high in value. High interests make everything in the country expensive and eat deep into peoples savings. Many more then need be then get caught in credit debt in order just to make ends meet. *
*The unemployment seems to be low in the UK, but how much of that is due to voodoo calculations? How many part-time or under paid jobs are counted as full employment? I'd like to hear from some of the UK posters to this site the story behind the UKs economic data. how much is real and how much is fake? Who well do people live? How do they make ends meet? Does ones salary carry one well from pay-cheque to pay-cheque? *
*The BWMA/UKIP partnership claims the Irish economy is in a slump
and the average Irish citizen can't afford to buy a new home as
the cost is prohibited.*
Euric
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