Must Stick The Craw Of The Grauniad....

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2021/apr/30/eurozone-gdp-france-germany-italy-covid-19-pandemic-recession-unemployment-inflation-business-live

[Jackdaw33]

Hope it chokes them.

[youngmafbog]

I doubt it will, The Grauniad and their followers seem oblivious to anything like this. Probably blame it on Trump or Slavery.

Personally I would prefer it if the European countries flourished. It is not helpful to have a floundering set of countries on your doorstep.

[New Judge]

//Personally I would prefer it if the European countries flourished. It is not helpful to have a floundering set of countries on your doorstep.//

Agreed. But they won't do that so long as they are members of the EU. In fact, so long as it exists, the EU will have a stifling effect not only on its members but also on many non-members as well.

[emmie]

aren't we its biggest trading partner....

[tomus42]

To be fair, at least they've reported it. Anything that sticks in the craw of the Mail (for example) hasn't got a chance of appearing there.

[Sunk]

What is the UK figure?

We may not have it as bad as other countries, but our country has been shut for the past 6 months. It is highly unlikely we have had much growth. We already know exports are down, and unemployment has risen (highest for 4 years). And we are £400billion more in debt thanks to Rishi.

So it might be a bit premature to crow about how badly our European neighbours are doing, until we have a clear picture of UK growth during the pandemic.

[ToraToraTora]

sunk: " And we are £400billion more in debt thanks to Rishi." - it's almost as if there has been some sort of crisis! PMSL sunk, is there nothing you won't turn into an anti British story?

[emmie]

just what i was thinking TTT, if the government hadn't spent the money to bail everyone out where the hell would we be.

[ToraToraTora]

much worse off emmie, there was no choice but it doesn't stop the anti British cherry picking data to suite their stance.

[ToraToraTora]

suit!

[emmie]

so it would seem TTT. I think Rishi and the government did the right thing in the furlough scheme, and bailouts for business, even if it has cost a large fortune.

[youngmafbog]

Rishi did the right thing given what was foisted on him.

Whether or not shutting down the country for this is another discussion.

[jno]

as far as I can find, German GDP fell 6% last year, New Zealand's was down nearly 3%, and Taiwan's grew 3%, which is what happens when you have competent people in charge. Britain's was down 10%, so I'm not sure there's a lot to crow about there.