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Britain 'risks heading to US levels of inequality'

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GracesGranMK3 Tue 14-May-19 08:24:50

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-48229037

"Warning that widening gaps make a mockery of democracy." Hmm. Tory policies responsible then, not the EU?

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Urmstongran Tue 14-May-19 08:09:53

Oh it’s not very equal in India (think of the caste system and the dalits living outside and shitting by the railway lines) and China where poor sweatshop workers toil for buttons.

It’s not all about Trump & Farage people!

BINGO!!

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Whitewavemark2 Tue 14-May-19 07:55:43

Or the gap

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Whitewavemark2 Tue 14-May-19 07:55:29

In the U.K. what ever your income, you know that you will get good quality world class health care.

That is our most precious jewel that is going to be up for grabs after Brexit, if the right wing prevail.

I reckon if we took on a USA form if health insurance our place as an equivalent unequal society would be assured.

He means the level of difference between the richest and poorest rose

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rosecarmel Tue 14-May-19 00:19:54

I'm from the US .. smile

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rosecarmel Tue 14-May-19 00:19:24

I don't know what he (Deaton) means by unequal -- but there are many ways in which UK/US are similar-

And that surprised me ..

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knickas63 Mon 13-May-19 23:47:10

Our Government appears to worship the US and will be thrilled we are emulating them!

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MaizieD Mon 13-May-19 23:26:45

Awaiting responses with interest, GGMK3. I shall play rightwing bingo with them wink

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GracesGranMK3 Mon 13-May-19 23:10:04

Nobel prize winning economist, Sir Angus Deaton says that the UK could become as unequal as the US, which is one of the most unequal nations on earth.

But the that's exactly what the Buffoon Johnson, Farage and those who agree that this is how the world works want and has been, getting gradually more extreme, since Thatcher.

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