Europe

[Furunculus]

IIRC, 1/3rd of all British children are growing up in poverty. One in three. That is a disgusting, utterly revoltingly high figure. And the Tories have gibbering on about the deficit and the need to cut public wages as if it was the public sector's fault for the recession.

Well, we could reduce our demographic poressures if we let more immigrants into Europe.
Although that's not likely to happen any time soon.

No. We have an advantage in banking and financial services over other nations. But we have drifted into a situation akin to a Banana Republic; we are far too dependant on sector of the economy for our growth, and the City's presence in the UK's economy should be restrained.

but we do, public spending vampiricily consumes nearly 45% of GDP, that is immoral!

you would be replacing demographic pressure with socio/cultural pressure, riots much.

you mean cut it down to size; so less money to the exchequer which can be spent on malnourished children? i'm not saying we are not overly dependant on financial services, but your solution seems a bit arse-about-face, surely we should build up other sectors rather than destroy financial services....................... at a time when every penny is needed to finance the deficit?