Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Brexit is a "slow puncture" on the UK economy | Economics | The New Statesman" video.

  1.  @HamnaTabuu  - Almost entirely down to EU membership IMO - 75% down to EU membership. The country switched to a long term view, an investment in infrastructure and education view of life from the "lets get through the next crisis" view it had had since communism ended. We have brand new battery electric busses here - when the fuel prices skyrocketed they got out the old not yet sold off diesel buses and doubled the amount of public transport and took it as an opportunity to get people out of their cars. They did not put up the fairs - flat rate 70p no matter the length of the ride. This is how they tend to think here since joining the EU. IMO it was not just the economics of the EU that helped, but a new mindset it gave people. They have tried very hard to modernise without westernising.
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  2. Im a Brit that moved to Bulgaria in 2009. It was honestly pretty backwards. Many dirt roads and horse and carts were a common sight. Now the country is miles ahead of the Uk and the average standard of living is different - but higher. Its hard to compare like for like as the society is so different. But the average person here has a much better life than the average in the UK.
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  3. Im a Brit living in Bulgaria - the life of the average Bulgarian is significantly better than the life of the average Brit. Its not even close - a 20 year old nurse can afford their own apartment and nights outs
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  4.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  Yeah - the UK does not invest in infrastructure or R&D.
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  5. IM AN AUTHOR on the collapse of civilisations - the UK has reached "Interconnected cascading system failure" Everything is broken and everything you need to fix it is also broken - its THE END EDIT - Labour cant fix this - its unrecoverable.
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  6.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  "If you are productive enough you do not need to work 40 hours. You get your work done quicker..." Thank you for saving me from writing ths.
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  7.  @jamesmason8436  Yeah well you went to a shitty bit then cos the bit I live in looks more like Dubai than the UK. Anyway - why did you come here if its a "dump" we both know you're lying mate.
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  8.  @SM-co3bv  - FUNNY how its only "handouts" when poor people get them - when rich people get government money its "incentives" "they love offf subvencions" - Im guessing English is not your first language?
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  9.  @voice.of.reason  - well it was not ALL dirt tacks but it is definitely ALL first world now - so mostly yes. When I arrived the buses were 50 year old soviet era things - now they are brand new battery electric £1.3 million each jobs.
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  10.  @robnorton9496  - I cant speak about Ruse cos its a long way from me here in Burgas - but the Burgas area is booming. We have brand new glass-smooth roads, electric busses, new fountains, new electric businesses and shops opening all the time, city wide free wifi. Mostly it has a very positive feel of a country that is on the UP. If you have not been in 10 years - you will be astounded at the changes I would think.
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  11.  @robnorton9496  HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
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  12.  @Alex-fm5ke  - HAHAHAHHA - It was just announced that Poland passed the UK for the average standard of living in Dec 2022. The UK is a POOR country and getting poorer
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  13.  @michaeldelisieux5252  - if it wants to instantly bankrupt it should yes. You can only do the " Irish “miracle” model if you are starting from effectively zero.
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  14.  @uncletomcobley6950  - We do - cos its full of s(um like you, its bloody horrible.
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  15.  @lennylaa1686  - YOU should be investing in a functioning brain.
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