Soviet Britain

[José]

Un article révélateur du Times sur le poids de l'État au Royaume-Uni :

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The study of “Soviet Britain” has found the government’s share of output and expenditure has now surged to more than 60% in some areas of England and over 70% elsewhere.

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In the northeast of England the state is expected to be responsible for 66.4% of the economy this year, up from 58.7% when a similar study was carried out four years ago. When Labour came to power, the figure was 53.8%.

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Across the whole of the UK, 49% of the economy will consist of state spending, while in Wales, the figure will be 71.6% – up from 59% in 2004-5. Nowhere in mainland Britain, however, comes close to Northern Ireland, where the state is responsible for 77.6% of spending, despite the supposed resurgence of the economy after the end of the Troubles.

Even in southern England, the government’s share of spending is growing relentlessly. In the southeast, it has gone up from 33% to 36% of the economy in four years.

The state now looms far larger in many parts of Britain than it did in former Soviet satellite states such as Hungary and Slovakia as they emerged from communism in the 1990s, when state spending accounted for about 60% of their economies.

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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/busi…icle5581225.ece

[Jesrad]

All Hail Британниа !

[Taranne]

Si seulement il n'y avait que ça, mais les libertés civiles subissent elles aussi un traitement tout soviétique. Le blog de Henry Porter (hébérgé, incroyable mais vrai, par le Guardian) est une lecture instructive et terrifiante à cet égard.

[José]

Finalement, V for Vendetta va bien prendre tout son sens en Grande-Bretagne.

[Nick de Cusa]

En attendant je propose un moratoire sur la lapidation des gens qui lisent quotidiennement le Guardian.

[G7H+]

Après 1993, c'est facile mais connaissez-vous une source fiable indiquant la part des dépenses étatiques dans le PIB des pays européens avant 1989 ?