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I thought that you were supposed to be a professional researcher? I have no idea in what subject you specialise but it's certainly not economics. I see strong Daily Mail influences in your (totally incorrect) assumptions.

As for my reference points, try this:

National Statistics Office - Employment Figures

or this:

Global Economic Data - UK Statistics

You seem to have confused views as well - you are not happy about public sector employment levels but on the other hand you condemn (rightly in my opinion) the level of privatisation undertaken by this and previous governments.

Your point on property prices is certainly a headline led one - and one that is quite commonly held. The fact is that taken over the long term rises in property values reflect rises in incomes and the graph smooths to follow the same line.

Finally, here's an interesting comment: .
Opinions differ but the most commonly used number for total nations in the world is 193 - that's 192 members of the UN plus Vatican City. There are two acceptable ways of measuring "the richest". If you measure purely by GNP the UK is fourth richest. If you want to take the measurement of GNP per head of population then the UK is fifteenth (though the fourteen nations ahead include some of the low population "financial services" states such as Luxembourg and San Marino.

And if you want my sources for the above data I'm happy to supply them. "Organs of the press" they're not.

<blockquote data-quote="BrianH" data-source="post: 2089549" data-attributes="member: 64960">I thought that you were supposed to be a professional researcher?&nbsp; I have no idea in what subject you specialise but it&#039;s certainly not economics.&nbsp; I see strong Daily Mail influences in your (totally incorrect) assumptions.As for my reference points, try this:<a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1292" target="_blank">National Statistics Office - Employment Figures</a>or this:<a href="http://www.econstats.com/uk/uk_pse___.htm" target="_blank">Global Economic Data - UK Statistics</a>You seem to have confused views as well - you are not happy about public sector employment levels but on the other hand you condemn (rightly in my opinion) the level of privatisation undertaken by this and&nbsp; previous governments.Your point on property prices is certainly a headline led one - and one that is quite commonly held.&nbsp; The fact is that taken over the long term rises in property values reflect rises in incomes and the graph smooths to follow the same line.Finally, here&#039;s an interesting comment: .&nbsp; Opinions differ but the most commonly used number for total nations in the world is 193 - that&#039;s 192 members of the UN plus Vatican City. There are two acceptable ways of measuring &quot;the richest&quot;.&nbsp; If you measure purely by GNP the UK is fourth richest.&nbsp; If you want to take the measurement of GNP per head of population then the UK is fifteenth (though the fourteen nations ahead include some of the low population &quot;financial services&quot; states such as Luxembourg and San Marino.And if you want my sources for the above data I&#039;m happy to supply them.&nbsp; &quot;Organs of the press&quot; they&#039;re not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrianH, post: 2089549, member: 64960"] I thought that you were supposed to be a professional researcher? I have no idea in what subject you specialise but it's certainly not economics. I see strong [i]Daily Mail[/i] influences in your (totally incorrect) assumptions. As for my reference points, try this: [url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1292]National Statistics Office - Employment Figures[/url] or this: [url=http://www.econstats.com/uk/uk_pse___.htm]Global Economic Data - UK Statistics[/url] You seem to have confused views as well - you are not happy about public sector employment levels but on the other hand you condemn (rightly in my opinion) the level of privatisation undertaken by this and previous governments. Your point on property prices is certainly a headline led one - and one that is quite commonly held. The fact is that taken over the long term rises in property values reflect rises in incomes and the graph smooths to follow the same line. Finally, here's an interesting comment: . Opinions differ but the most commonly used number for total nations in the world is 193 - that's 192 members of the UN plus Vatican City. There are two acceptable ways of measuring "the richest". If you measure purely by GNP the UK is fourth richest. If you want to take the measurement of GNP per head of population then the UK is fifteenth (though the fourteen nations ahead include some of the low population "financial services" states such as Luxembourg and San Marino. And if you want my sources for the above data I'm happy to supply them. "Organs of the press" they're not. [/QUOTE]

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