What is the future of the UK
Poll: What is the future of the UK
Total Members Polled: 307
Discussion
kfest but
If things stay as we are then compared to most western countries I think we will fair okay, however I think we are are strangling ourselves with unnecessary regulation and bureaucracy (as we have been doing for decades) specifically with the adoption and implementation of European wide legislation and "green" measures around energy production and use.
If we could just unshackle ourselves from these measures I think we would be far better off, so amongst our peers I think we'll be okay, worldwide though I think the steady decline will continue so I voted slightly negative.
If we could just unshackle ourselves from these measures I think we would be far better off, so amongst our peers I think we'll be okay, worldwide though I think the steady decline will continue so I voted slightly negative.
I voted "Slightly Negative" too. Realistically we are too small now to maintain our standing in the world, especially with our demographic shift and relatively stable income per capita compared to the BRICS.
I think we need to look towards Scandinavia to see how those nations see themselves in relation to the rest of the world, they have a quite healthy attitude.
I think we need to look towards Scandinavia to see how those nations see themselves in relation to the rest of the world, they have a quite healthy attitude.
If the UK can survive through the Euro crisis, using it as an opportunity to remove some of the worst of the EU regulations, lose the burden of Scotland and start to roll back the welfare state/public sector employment things could look very good indeed.
All three of these things are, however, unlikely to happen.
All three of these things are, however, unlikely to happen.
I voted " I have left"
The UK is too small now to be any sort of influence on the wider world.
We are not majority British any more, we are, from what I feel, more foreign than British.
Then the governments are totally wrecking what little we have left.
What one party sees a good way forward, the other party who gets in may be next election or the following election, sems to take great pleasure in undoing things.
Then the circle keeps on going.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the Countries like China, with a 1 party state, have the right idea after all?
They just seem to move forward, and forward, and forward, and not 2 steps forward, and 2 steps back, like we do here in UK
vette
The UK is too small now to be any sort of influence on the wider world.
We are not majority British any more, we are, from what I feel, more foreign than British.
Then the governments are totally wrecking what little we have left.
What one party sees a good way forward, the other party who gets in may be next election or the following election, sems to take great pleasure in undoing things.
Then the circle keeps on going.
Perhaps, just perhaps, the Countries like China, with a 1 party state, have the right idea after all?
They just seem to move forward, and forward, and forward, and not 2 steps forward, and 2 steps back, like we do here in UK
vette
I am pleased to be among the one third of participants who see a positive outlook.
What's the matter with the rest of you?!
Yes, UK has pretty much ceased to exist as "the home of the English". However, there is still a significant role for what remains. Both UK as a key member of the more muscular EU and London as a leading global city.
What's the matter with the rest of you?!
Yes, UK has pretty much ceased to exist as "the home of the English". However, there is still a significant role for what remains. Both UK as a key member of the more muscular EU and London as a leading global city.
offendi said:
Its the beginning of the end of the West as the dominant power in the world or aliens, possibly.
This is kind of the way I see it.There is so much unfulfilled labour capacity in the BRIC countries who now have more access to education, work opportunities etc than ever before and are eager to get out into the world and achieve. They are not going to sit around living off our scraps any more.
I think the UK's wealth will deteriorate, relatively speaking, to the rest of the world.
ditto, when I visit my home town i.e. where born and raised, or the town where I still own property, or the nearest city, or the seaside place where the family used to spend our holidays, I feel like a stranger in a foreign land.
All manner of reasons why that is and nothing whatsoever to do with, at times, being a solitary white face, said before anybody plays the R card.
All manner of reasons why that is and nothing whatsoever to do with, at times, being a solitary white face, said before anybody plays the R card.
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