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dont think food would be cheaper....
of course we could have avoided the boom years and kept a lower population. while the worlds population grows. |
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The US created the post war prosperity, not Europe.
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Food was absolutely cheaper before we went into the Common Market, and it was food price rises that ruined our economy.
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errrr then eu migration boomed the economy and propped it up after subprime.
all due to being in the eu |
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The standard of living has been in decline in Britain for at least 30 years, no boom and no benefit from mass immigration.
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no way were we better off 30 years ago.
things started to get good in the late 90s...and boomed till subprime. this was as a direct result of businesses taking advantage of being able to fill jobs with eastern europeans. then subprime hit everyone....some more than others. |
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Britain underwent the greatest increase in living standards for the average person between 1950 and through to about 1980, almost greater than any time in history.
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greatest increase yes....the increase in the 90s was an increase due to eu immigration
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increase in what? debt, demand on housing and services nothing good has come from mass immigration.
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Immigration takes its time to have an effect. Of course Britain and Europe could sustain some immigration, even quite large immig, if we still had the industrial and scientific ability. We don`t, Europes decline was halted temp. in the 1980s because of the inventiveness of the US and the computer revolution in the mid 70s creating millions of jobs.
Britain is no longer capable of doing this and no matter how many millions of cheap labour you cannot build an economy on that. |
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It going to be fun watching the UK leave, then after a few years asking to join again.
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Food was absolutely cheaper before we went into the Common Market, and it was food price rises that ruined our economy.
Shirley Williams, she knew! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mghq22wRV0 |