In article , Harold Walker
writes

"Sacha" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 27/7/05 5:47 pm, in article , "Harold
Walker" wrote:



I don't know what your interest is in trying to show this country as some
kind of hand-to-mouth world, composed almost entirely of impoverished
stay-at-homes but your arguments are not exactly compelling and your
information seems to be rooted in the 1920s or 30s

Just for the hec of it did a bit of a research into the poverty level over
their...phasebase reports it as being 17 percent or roughly 10
million......certainly not the 20's or 30's as you infer...

Actually, I think it was you that did the inferring ;-)

"what do you have in England now...around the 60
million or so.....betcha 30million + cannot afford those holidays you
refer
to."

"the majority of the UK residents (English + permanent interlopers) see
very
little of the UK in a year...they just do not have the money.."


yes, we do have poverty - but it is poverty relative to the general
standard of living, and that standard of living has increased immensely
over the last 50 years.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"