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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is based on the previous month. You can have 20 months at +50 and then contract. You are using a single stat from one month to justify something that happened 3 years ago. Typical Brexiteer gaslighting. Latching onto individual stats and bellowing the "see, see, see!". It is a fact people are much worse off since Brexit. Trying to say we are doing better than France or Germany is just ludicrous and very weak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No shit, it's called a trend. I think you're just being obtuse or a troll

Whatever. How about looking at all the stories of when the UK was assumed to be the worst performer in the G7.

Now it isn't, so all that was wrong.

I don't expect you to get this, and I'm bored

Cya

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't get a trend based on data point over 30 days to justify a 3 year period.

As for GDP which is an accepted way to give an indication on the economy.

In a tweet following the publication of new gross domestic product (GDP) figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Conservative Party claimed: “The UK economy recorded the fastest growth in the G7” in 2022.

This claim was also made by chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who tweeted: “The fact the UK was the fastest growing economy in the G7 last year - as well as avoiding recession - shows our economy is more resilient than many feared.”

GDP measures the value of goods and services produced in a country, with GDP growth a key measure of the strength of a country’s economy.

It is true that, when comparing annual GDP in 2022 with 2021, the UK economy grew by 4%—the fastest rate in the G7.

However, as others have pointed out, when making this comparison it’s worth bearing in mind that in 2021 the economy was still impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic so comparisons with this period are not necessarily the most useful way of assessing recent economic growth.

Looking at other periods not impacted by the pandemic, the UK’s growth does not compare as favourably to other G7 countries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UK was second among the large euro countries for GDP per capita pre brexit and still is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And again typical Brexiteer cherry picking. I am bored with you and your gibberish. I doubt anyone is still reading your BS. BB

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, cherry picking the largest economies in Europe