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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Apr 6, 2024 8:42:34 GMT
Eurostat figures as published in Post 1 are correct, they are not false in any way, the argument is whether they truly reflect the wealth of the regions listed... Well quite, and if not then you can't draw any certain conclusion from them. 🙄 |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Apr 6, 2024 8:45:42 GMT
...according to Gross Domestic Product per person when analyzing against nearby nations. Can you argue with that Yes. GDP reflects economic activity of an area. Hence an industrial shithole will have a higher GDP than a leafy suburb. Some of the wealthiest areas will have a very low GDP because nothing is produced there. HTH. |
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Post by Dogburger on Apr 6, 2024 9:51:21 GMT
...according to Gross Domestic Product per person when analyzing against nearby nations. Can you argue with that Yes. GDP reflects economic activity of an area. Hence an industrial shithole will have a higher GDP than a leafy suburb. Some of the wealthiest areas will have a very low GDP because nothing is produced there. HTH. Also the top two in the low GDP areas are full of rich pensioners  |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Apr 6, 2024 9:55:18 GMT
Yes. GDP reflects economic activity of an area. Hence an industrial shithole will have a higher GDP than a leafy suburb. Some of the wealthiest areas will have a very low GDP because nothing is produced there. HTH. Also the top two in the low GDP areas are full of rich pensioners Which is exactly what I'm getting at: They are rich areas although nothing is produced there.
I'm sure that Buckingham Palace has a very low GDP but I wouldn't describe it as deprived.
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Post by Red Rackham on Apr 6, 2024 10:11:24 GMT
Top 10 richest areas in Northern Europe (Scandanavia, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands & Belgium). 1 Inner London 2 Luxembourg 3 Brussels 4 Hamburg 5 Lie de France 6 Groningen 7 Stockholm 8 Oberbayern 9 Vienna 10 Darmstadt Top 10 poorest areas in Northern Europe ( Same nations ) 1 West Wales 2 Cornwall 3 Durham & Tees Valley 4 Lincolnshire 5 South Yorkshire 6 Shropshire & Staffordshire 7 Lancashire 8 Northern Ireland 9 Harnaut 10 Humberside In 1990 all 5 regions of East Germany ( The GDR ) were poorer than the 10 poorest regions of the UK, today the poorest of those regions (Mecklenburg Vor Pomerern, on the Baltic coast) is wealthier than any of the poorest regions of the UK. The Conservatives call this "Leveling Up" Eurostat! Eurostat! LOL seriously? Eurostat - Luxembourg based office of the unelected European Commission. Get in the bin ffs. |
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Post by Pacifico on Apr 6, 2024 10:26:03 GMT
gini measures inequality - not poverty. In a country of Billionaires a Millionaire lives in poverty.. What about India ? India is not in Europe |
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Post by Totheleft on Apr 6, 2024 10:40:44 GMT
You didn't mention Europe You said a Country with Billionaires and Millionaires poverty . And I just point out India that has more Billionaires and Millionaires then UK. Can equal poverty. |
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Post by Pacifico on Apr 6, 2024 10:42:36 GMT
You didn't mention Europe
You said a Country with Billionaires and Millionaires poverty . And I just point out India that has more Billionaires and Millionaires then UK. Can equal poverty. You did in the post I was replying to...  |
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Post by Dogburger on Apr 6, 2024 14:31:23 GMT
A walk down Tooting high street might change that view |
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Post by borchester on Apr 6, 2024 15:38:54 GMT
Top 10 richest areas in Northern Europe (Scandanavia, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands & Belgium). 1 Inner London 2 Luxembourg 3 Brussels 4 Hamburg 5 Lie de France 6 Groningen 7 Stockholm 8 Oberbayern 9 Vienna 10 Darmstadt Top 10 poorest areas in Northern Europe ( Same nations ) 1 West Wales 2 Cornwall 3 Durham & Tees Valley 4 Lincolnshire 5 South Yorkshire 6 Shropshire & Staffordshire 7 Lancashire 8 Northern Ireland 9 Harnaut 10 Humberside In 1990 all 5 regions of East Germany ( The GDR ) were poorer than the 10 poorest regions of the UK, today the poorest of those regions (Mecklenburg Vor Pomerern, on the Baltic coast) is wealthier than any of the poorest regions of the UK. The Conservatives call this "Leveling Up"
A rider to this is Cornwall is one of those places that the English like to go to to die, with the result that the place is full of cottontops whose incomes are low but quality of life is by and large, high.
As Lord Randolph Churchill once said, statistics are largely bollocks
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