Maybe post Brexit we can go back to the lovely pre-EU days

[sasguru]

Slum photographs spark charity appeal - BBC News

[sasguru]

And when Britian becomes really great we could go one better:

Hidden Lives Revealed - Poverty and Families in the Victorian Era

[stek]

I remember pre EU, it was tulip.

[vetran]

I remember pre EU, it was tulip.

now the question is did the EU make it better or was it progress or even Maggie?

Discuss

[Bee]

Don't feed the troll.

[Old Greg]

I remember pre EU, it was tulip.

I am looking forward to undecimalisation.

[sasguru]

now the question is did the EU make it better or was it progress or even Maggie?

Discuss

Suggests EU membership had something to with it:

How did the UK economy do since joining the EU? | News | Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School

[sasguru]

Don't feed the troll.

Fark orf!

[sasguru]

Here's a different perspective:

Britain’s EU membership: New insight from economic history | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal

"In 1950, UK’s per capita GDP was almost a third larger than the EU6 average; in 1973, it was about 10% below; it has been comparatively stable ever since. On this basis, joining the EU worked – it helped to halt Britain’s relative economic decline vis-à-vis the EU6. "

[stek]

I am looking forward to undecimalisation.

I want that back too, kids today can't do 12's and 20's...