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AlastairMeeks said:

This is an impressive piece of work, Pulpstar, thanks. It must have taken you ages.

FrancisUrquhart said:

Why are Real Madrid not in their white kit....its a nightmare for those of us watching in black and white ;-)

JackW said:

"New York Times" reporting that Sanders will "reassess campaign" after tonight's primaries.

Via Fox News.

MP_SE said:

Thank you Pulpstar. Very useful.

"According to the sole government commissioned assessment of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the proposed agreement will have “few or no benefits to the UK”."
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/26/uk-governments-official-report-into-toxic-ttip-concluded-it-is-bad-for-britain/

DavidL said:

Can anyone explain why Kasich gave up his chance of being on the ticket by sidling up to Cruz?

Danny565 said:

JackW said:

"New York Times" reporting that Sanders will "reassess campaign" after tonight's primaries.

Via Fox News.

Meanwhile, the Donald is making a play for the Bernie Bros:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/724993336000532480

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Up for election on 9th May are

12 seats to the Senate of the Philippines;
All 297 seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines;
All governors, vice governors, and 772 seats to provincial boards for 81 provinces of the Philippines ;
All mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities in the Philippines and for 1,489 municipalities of the Philippines;
All members of the city councils in the Philippines and 11,924 seats on municipal councils in the Philippines; and
Governor, vice governor and all 24 seats in the regional assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The pollsters in the UK don't know they are born!

http://www.sws.org.ph/pr20160425.htm

foxinsoxuk said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Up for election on 9th May are

12 seats to the Senate of the Philippines;
All 297 seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines;
All governors, vice governors, and 772 seats to provincial boards for 81 provinces of the Philippines ;
All mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities in the Philippines and for 1,489 municipalities of the Philippines;
All members of the city councils in the Philippines and 11,924 seats on municipal councils in the Philippines; and
Governor, vice governor and all 24 seats in the regional assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The pollsters in the UK don't know they are born!

http://www.sws.org.ph/pr20160425.htm

Interesting stuff.

Is there still fighting in Mindanao or is that all settled down?

If Manilla is 25% of the population then why is it 33% of turnout?

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

FrancisUrquhart said:

Church of England produces 'referendum prayer'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36142533

And they wonder why CoE attendance is through the floor...

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

FrancisUrquhart said:

DavidL said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Almost half of Britons pay no income tax while the richest are now shouldering the biggest burden on record, a new analysis has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the proportion of working-age adults who do not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 30million people*.

Over the same period the amount of income tax paid by the richest 1 per cent has risen from 24.4 per cent to 27.5 per cent, meaning that 300,000 people pay more than a quarter of the nation's income tax.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/nearly-half-of-britons-pay-no-income-tax-as-burden-on-rich-incre/

* This is clearly wrong, as there aren't 60+ million working age adults in the UK (even with the dodgy government figures)

That is an awful lot of people not particularly incentivised to vote for a party trying to restrict public spending.

As they kept saying in Meet the Robinsons " I am not sure that this plan has been properly thought through ,"

It obviously even worse, as a lot of those people will also be on tax credits.

What it highlights to me is we clearly have far too many people being paid very little or not working, and there isn't an easy way to fix the former.

another_richard said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

Even when making silly comments its best to check the facts first.

1973 UK joins EEC
1974 Three day week
1976 IMF crisis
1979 Winter of Discontent

DavidL said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Almost half of Britons pay no income tax while the richest are now shouldering the biggest burden on record, a new analysis has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the proportion of working-age adults who do not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 30million people*.

Over the same period the amount of income tax paid by the richest 1 per cent has risen from 24.4 per cent to 27.5 per cent, meaning that 300,000 people pay more than a quarter of the nation's income tax.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/nearly-half-of-britons-pay-no-income-tax-as-burden-on-rich-incre/

* This is clearly wrong, as there aren't 60+ million working age adults in the UK (even with the dodgy government figures)

That is an awful lot of people not particularly incentivised to vote for a party trying to restrict public spending.

As they kept saying in Meet the Robinsons " I am not sure that this plan has been properly thought through ,"

MaxPB said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

EU > Maggie? What kind of a Tory are you?

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

Sean_F said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

Really, we weren't. We'd just lost the Empire, and were facing a savage war in Northern Ireland. And so, we'd gone from top dog to very important dog in a generation. In reality, 1970's Britain was one of the best places in the World to live in, as Britain is today.

DavidL said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

DavidL said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

So, nothing to do with finding a lot of oil in the North Sea then? Or Maggie? Just the munificent EU. We are truly not worthy.

Was down, to Callaghan, Healey, and Thatcher.

I saw some stats on twitter last week, economically we truly were a basket case in the 70s, and the EC was performing much better than us, which was one of the reasons we voted to Remain in 1975.

Now the stats are the other way around.

The EEC certainly did much better than us from the Treaty of Rome to 1975. This was partly because it was, as Robert said this morning, a protectionist racket, and quite a successful one at that. But it was the 80s before we got our act together.

Danny565 said:

DavidL said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Almost half of Britons pay no income tax while the richest are now shouldering the biggest burden on record, a new analysis has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the proportion of working-age adults who do not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 30million people*.

Over the same period the amount of income tax paid by the richest 1 per cent has risen from 24.4 per cent to 27.5 per cent, meaning that 300,000 people pay more than a quarter of the nation's income tax.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/nearly-half-of-britons-pay-no-income-tax-as-burden-on-rich-incre/

* This is clearly wrong, as there aren't 60+ million working age adults in the UK (even with the dodgy government figures)

That is an awful lot of people not particularly incentivised to vote for a party trying to restrict public spending.

As they kept saying in Meet the Robinsons " I am not sure that this plan has been properly thought through ,"

DavidL in "mildly unflattering comment about Osborne" SHOCK

DavidL said:

Danny565 said:

DavidL said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Almost half of Britons pay no income tax while the richest are now shouldering the biggest burden on record, a new analysis has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the proportion of working-age adults who do not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 30million people*.

Over the same period the amount of income tax paid by the richest 1 per cent has risen from 24.4 per cent to 27.5 per cent, meaning that 300,000 people pay more than a quarter of the nation's income tax.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/nearly-half-of-britons-pay-no-income-tax-as-burden-on-rich-incre/

* This is clearly wrong, as there aren't 60+ million working age adults in the UK (even with the dodgy government figures)

That is an awful lot of people not particularly incentivised to vote for a party trying to restrict public spending.

As they kept saying in Meet the Robinsons " I am not sure that this plan has been properly thought through ,"

DavidL in "mildly unflattering comment about Osborne" SHOCK

Damn. And you waited until my 6 minutes were up. Trapped for posterity. What do I do now?

DavidL said:

Danny565 said:

DavidL said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Almost half of Britons pay no income tax while the richest are now shouldering the biggest burden on record, a new analysis has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the proportion of working-age adults who do not pay income tax has risen from 34.3 per cent to 43.8 per cent, equivalent to 30million people*.

Over the same period the amount of income tax paid by the richest 1 per cent has risen from 24.4 per cent to 27.5 per cent, meaning that 300,000 people pay more than a quarter of the nation's income tax.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/nearly-half-of-britons-pay-no-income-tax-as-burden-on-rich-incre/

* This is clearly wrong, as there aren't 60+ million working age adults in the UK (even with the dodgy government figures)

That is an awful lot of people not particularly incentivised to vote for a party trying to restrict public spending.

As they kept saying in Meet the Robinsons " I am not sure that this plan has been properly thought through ,"

DavidL in "mildly unflattering comment about Osborne" SHOCK

Damn. And you waited until my 6 minutes were up. Trapped for posterity. What do I do now?

TheScreamingEagles said:

Sean_F said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

Really, we weren't. We'd just lost the Empire, and were facing a savage war in Northern Ireland. And so, we'd gone from top dog to very important dog in a generation. In reality, 1970's Britain was one of the best places in the World to live in, as Britain is today.

I was born right at the end of the 70s, I only go by what people tell me.

TheScreamingEagles said:

Pop quiz PBers.

Can you name the 3 Labour Prime Ministers who had the first name James.

viewcode said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Pop quiz PBers.

Can you name the 3 Labour Prime Ministers who had the first name James.

Not Leonard James Callaghan, that's for sure. James Gordon Brown springs to mind.

JohnO said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Pop quiz PBers.

Can you name the 3 Labour Prime Ministers who had the first name James.

Presumably MacDonald, Wilson and Brown?

TheWhiteRabbit said:

Trump should clear 50% in Connecticut once you factor Don't Knows, and as a closed primary. It's a decent chunk of delegates if he makes it across the board.

I agree with 9/10 (that's 2 + 7/8 statewide) for RI.

MP_SE said:

Thank you Pulpstar. Very useful.

"According to the sole government commissioned assessment of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the proposed agreement will have “few or no benefits to the UK”."
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/04/26/uk-governments-official-report-into-toxic-ttip-concluded-it-is-bad-for-britain/

TheScreamingEagles said:

DavidL said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

rcs1000 said:

DavidL said:

peter_from_putney said:

Indigo said:

Very interesting thanks.

I am studying the local opinion polls here in the Philippines for the General election a week on Monday, it's it going to be fascinating to see how accurate it is, as you would think on the surface they have some almost insurmountable problems in getting a representative sample.

A country of 100 million people, 54.5 million registered voters, encompassing an archipelago of some 7,641 islands. 25 million people and probably a third of the electorate live in the capital, with many more spread out amongst hundreds of small regional cities, but probably half the population living out in the "province" in small village settlements. Quite a few of those in the remotest areas won't have a television set themselves but will share one communally, and may only have 2-3 mobile phones in the extended family, and certainly won't have a landline or an internet connection. But civic pride is keenly felt, and most adults will vote.

Don't forget that 10 years ago we didn't have smart phones, 20 years ago we didn't have the internet and 80 years ago we didn't have TV, let alone David Dimbleby or even his dad!

But somehow or other we still managed to get by when General Elections came along.

You'll be telling us life went on before the EU next. And who could believe that?

Don't be stupid, there was no UK before the EU, merely a small barren island populated by a few starving savages

In the 70s we were the sick man of Europe, we then joined the EC, and miraculously stopped being the sick man of Europe.

Huzzah for the EC

So, nothing to do with finding a lot of oil in the North Sea then? Or Maggie? Just the munificent EU. We are truly not worthy.

Was down, to Callaghan, Healey, and Thatcher.

I saw some stats on twitter last week, economically we truly were a basket case in the 70s, and the EC was performing much better than us, which was one of the reasons we voted to Remain in 1975.

Now the stats are the other way around.