Spiros
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Some other comparisons:Comparisons to 1997:
Hospital waiting times down
Unemployment down
Household Disposable Income up
School class average size down
Life expectancy up
So, going back to the original question, I'd say yes, Britain is better than in 1997
income tax/NI up
pension expectations down
council tax severely up
kids in west sussex can no longer have hot school meals
West Sussex about to go from 3 hospitals with A&E to one
What the Blair government have consistently done is shaft the south of England so that they can give more money to the scots, welsh and northerners. The scots get a subsidy of £1,500 per year per person to pay for devolution. This has come from our higher taxes and the disproportionately higher council taxes we pay in the south. In scotland they get free university tuition and now free prescriptions while in West Sussex we can't afford to keep our current hospitals open. And to cap it all we're now going to get a jock PM. How come no-one ever campaigns for independence for England?