Quote Originally Posted by Doucas View Post
Are you saying the UK hasn't been an utter economic disaster over the last decade?

The Germans beat us on basically every single metric over the past 10 years.

However, the Germans were beyond stupid in shutting down their nuclear power stations.
That's exactly what I'm saying. And the second part isn't correct. As usual with these things, the reality is somewhere between the two and there isn't a western nation that has had a jolly last decade or so.