That's nice and all, but poverty in the Midlands and the north is on par with Eastern Europe. Sure, the salaries are higher, but the expenses eat up most of it

That's nice and all, but poverty in the Midlands and the north is on par with Eastern Europe. Sure, the salaries are higher, but the expenses eat up most of it. And people don't have the option of cheap countryside, living off their own land. I love the UK, but it's got some serious problems. But yeah, at least on the world stage, it's not completely irrelevant.