Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Do you follow the news in continental Europe at all? You always strike me as the kind of person who only follows people on twitter who all say the exact same thing and thus suffer from confirmation bias. You seem pretty unaware of the issues in most European countries at the moment, which is surprising given you seem to be such a europhile. More than anything the eurozone is literally in recession at the moment, so it's hard to see you as anything other than a troll telling us that light is dark.
3rd highest energy bills in Europe - https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/0...-electricity-a

German inflation rate - 6.1%
German food inflation - 14.5%
German interest rates - 4% (https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/indicators)

France inflation rate - 5.1%
Food inflation - 14.3%
France interest rate - 4% (https://tradingeconomics.com/france/indicators)

Switzerland inflation rate - 2.2%
Food inflation 5.3%
Interest rate - 1.75% (https://tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/indicators)

Spain inflation rate - 4%
Food inflation - 12%
Interest rate - 4% (https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/indicators)

Italy inflation rate 7.6%
Food inflation - 12%
Interest rate - 4% (https://tradingeconomics.com/italy/indicators)

UK Inflation rate - 8.7%
Food inflation 18.3%
Interest rates - 5% (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/indicators)


Wage growth between 2007 - 2016 almost bottom - https://www.raconteur.net/report/cur...ls-to-deliver/ (I appreciate this is out of date now but I don't expect much has changed.

So in conclusion if you compare the UK to western/northern Europe and even Spain and Italy it is damning, we are behind on what I'd consider to be the most important factors. Third highest energy/gas bills, outside of Eastern Europe we're among the worst for interest rates, inflation and food inflation.

From my point of view I've had £170 added in gas bills per month. I'll have about £400 added in mortgage payments as well. A huge tory success.

Considering you once said nobody in the UK has ever said to stop all immigration, gammon is racist and GB News isn't right wing your credibility is the same as an average Daily Mail reader.

In your world unless you think GB News is a legitimate news source you think people who are against brexit and tories suffer from comfirmation bias lmao. Just stop now, it's embarrassing.

PS - Before you say about how Switzerland aren't in the EU, they are in the Schengen.