This is Bound to End in Tears

[Beef Oven!]

Lucky to Live in the EU? Germany in economic recession, France being smashed to pieces and under perpetual terrorist threat, Greece in meltdown, Spain and Italy with record unemployment ......... Does he live in Eire?

[Bryn]

Lucky to live in the EU? Germany in economic recession, France being smashed to pieces and under perpetual terrorist threat, Greece in meltdown, Spain and Italy with record unemployment ......... Does he live in Eire?

And still the Euro's stronger than Stirling.

[Beef Oven!]

And still the Euro's stronger than Stirling.

No it's not. for just 88p you get a whole €1.00

[Bryn]

No it's not. for just 88p you get a whole €1.00

[Beef Oven!]

Then you can see how bad it must be for the EU economies. Thank goodness we'll be free from their economic nightmare soon ..........

Good job we're British, Bryn and live in the UK. Can you imagine how bad it would be to be retired in the Eurozone?

[Bryn]

Then you can see how bad it must be for the EU economies. Thank goodness we'll be free from their economic nightmare soon ..........

Good job we're British, Bryn and live in the UK. Can you imagine how bad it would be to be retired in the Eurozone?

[Beef Oven!]

2014

Keep up, boyo!

P.S. Have the Germans caught up with us since 2014, or is their old age poverty rate still worse than ours?

Good to see that so many more young Brits feel their life has meaning compared to German and French counterparts.

And why is our elderly support network better than the French and German support networks? Why can't German and French elderly people count on relatives and friends when they are in trouble like we Brits can? Seems like Britain is the place to be if you're old (according to these Guardian statistics).

Seems that in 2014 life was better for the young and old in Britain, than it was for the Germans and French - at least according to this Guardian information.

[teamsaint]

Actually, the OP instigated the responses on the EU.

Best not to mention it in that way , if you don't want it discussed on your thread.

And the pound /Euro rate is not far from the norm since the 2007/08 financial crash, as it goes. That is when the rate significantly altered.

https://www.macrotrends.net/2553/euro-british-pound-exchange-rate-historical-chart

[Bryn]

. . . Seems that in 2014 life was better for the young and old in Britain, than it was for the Germans and French - at least according to this Guardian information.

What was that you were saying about Ms. Abbott? Looks like you are in danger of showing an even weaker grasp of figures. The UK is shown as performing rather worse that Germany regarding the retative mental wellbeing of 35-49 year-olds copared to those over 50.

[Beef Oven!]

What was that you were saying about Ms. Abbott? Looks like you are in danger of showing an even weaker grasp of figures. The UK is shown as performing rather worse that Germany regarding the retative mental wellbeing of 35-49 year-olds copared to those over 50.

The study does not attempt to measure mental well-being. It seems to be content with looking at perception, rather than reality.

The second two columns focus on real variables and the UK does better on these objective variables than France and Germany!!!!

This admirable, but out of date Guardian newspaper study, shows that older people do better in the UK than older people in Germany and France.



The figures imply that younger people in the UK feel more positive than their German and French counterparts.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Just to refer to the House Rules:

As the Politics and Current Affairs board has now been closed, political topics will be allowed only at the discretion of the Moderators.

As there are several factually-interesting posts here, this Moderator has discreted that they should be allowed to stand on the Forum.

The slightest hint that it's going degenerate into mud-slinging and I will delete the whole Thread permanently - and it will be my discretion as to what constitutes such "degeneration". Understood? Good.

[Joseph K]

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2018/02/13/uk-state-pension-worst-in-the-developed-world/

Just leaving this here.

[Bryn]

The study does not attempt to measure mental well-being. It seems to be content with looking at perception, rather than reality.

The second two columns focus on real variables and the UK does better on these objective variables than France and Germany!!!!

This admirable, but out of date Guardian newspaper study, shows that older people do better in the UK than older people in Germany and France.



The figures imply that younger people in the UK feel more positive than their German and French counterparts.

Perhaps it's basic literacy which is lacking in your reading the paragraph heading the "Relative Mental Wellbeing" column. Germany somehow manages to top 100% of over 50s finding "their life has meaning compared with people between 35 and 49 who feel the same". The "Old Age Poverty Rate" figures are like comparing apples and oranges, relating as they do to "half the national median" of each country. Something which, of course, varies from country to country. The figure for Germany, France and the UK in column 3 fall pretty much within the same range of statistical error, the arbitrary transition point between light and dark blue classification notwithstanding.

[Beef Oven!]

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2...veloped-world/

Just leaving this here.

Italy's pension scheme is notoriously lacking in financial probity and pays way above what the revenues can sensibly tolerate. This is borne out by countless actuary investigations. But you shouldn't knock our system. Since you have often told us of your circumstances, I can point out that you do rather well in that you are being given full state pension contributions even though you don't pay any national insurance or income tax. our system is very fair and it is churlish for you to knock it, since you personally do rather well out of it.

[Joseph K]

Italy's pension scheme is notoriously lacking in financial probity and pays way above what the revenues can sensibly tolerate. This is borne out by countless actuary investigations. But you shouldn't knock our system. Since you have often told us of your circumstances, I can point out that you do rather well in that you are being given full state pension contributions even though you don't pay any national insurance or income tax. our system is very fair and it is churlish for you to knock it, since you personally do rather well out of it.

Yeah, of course. I'm alright Jack!