The world according to Polly Toynbee

[DodgyAgent]

This irritating leftie continually bangs on about Scandanavia being a model way of life that we should copy:

Let's give Polly Toynbee the Britain she wants – Telegraph Blogs

So, yes, we really should do as Polly asks. Let's make this a country she can be proud of. School vouchers and academic and vocational streaming. Privatised emergency services. Local, not national, taxation. Abolish the national minimum wage. Get rid of inheritance and gift taxes. Raise VAT, cut corporate and capital taxation. Finally, destroy the "national" part of the NHS.
I'll sign up to all of that. Thanks, Polly!

[DimPrawn]

Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?

[TestMangler]

Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?

"FEWER" you ignorant **** !!

[Doggy Styles]

Yes.

I think that's the one.

The one where beer is £6/pint.

If you can find a pub to drink it in.

Or a hotel bar that stays open beyond 9pm.

[DimPrawn]

"FEWER" you ignorant **** !!

Fewer as well? Didn't know that.

[moggy]

Is this the Scandanavia that has less people than London, and the one that didn't squander its oil and gas wealth on social engineering experiments, but instead invested the money by creating sovereign wealth funds for it's people?

When I was last there, was told the population was around 9 million.

[DimPrawn]

When I was last there, was told the population was around 9 million.

Britain has seen more than that arrive over the 15 years of New Labour.

[NotAllThere]

Fewer when it's a countable quantity. Less otherwise.

Fewer people.
Less populated.

Fewer coins.
Less money.

[Doggy Styles]

Britain has seen more than that arrive over the 15 years of New Labour.

That's not far from the truth* **.

Why didn't they go to Scandanavia instead of here, what with all that room?

*13 years plus 2 of the coalition
**A small proportion of that 10 million increase in population is births minus deaths

[moggy]

That's not far from the truth* **.

Why didn't they go to Scandanavia instead of here, what with all that room?

*13 years plus 2 of the coalition
**A small proportion of that 10 million increase in population is births minus deaths

the country is about the size of spain too!

granted, a lot of it covered in snow, for much of the year