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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 110182"><p>You're having a laugh right? What figures actually prove that the Irish Economy is bigger than the UK's? What statistics show that person for person, the Irish are more well off than the British?</p><p></p><p>Exactly, there are none. Eurostat assumes the <em>correct</em> way of measuring this by measuring it as GNP per person (rather than GDP per person which does not take into account money earned abroad, etc).</p><p></p><p>When you look at it the correct way, Brits are still 20% richer than their Irish cousins. Also, there is no way in hell that Ireland is in the top five economies, or even the top ten.</p><p></p><p>Actually, Ireland is part of the Eurozone which is measured in official statistics these days. For all this so called "fervent independence", Ireland has actually swapped decisions on economic matters from Dublin to the European Central Bank. </p><p></p><p>Ireland is as it has always been: a tiny nation at the mercy of the giants of Europe. France, Germany, Italy and Spain care as much for Ireland now as they did at the time of the Battle of Boyne (i.e. not much).</p><p></p><p>Europe is a dog eat dog arena, and the misty eyed idealists in Scotland, Wales and Ireland occasionally forget this, even when they're dropping their trousers to get done from behind by their more powerful masters in the Franco-German alliance.</p><p></p><p>But hey, look on the bright side, you may be the EU's *****, but at least you're living in peace and prosperity without fear for your lives or being discriminated against because you're a Catholic. Y'see, this all balances out. And I'm being serious here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 110182"] You're having a laugh right? What figures actually prove that the Irish Economy is bigger than the UK's? What statistics show that person for person, the Irish are more well off than the British? Exactly, there are none. Eurostat assumes the [i]correct[/i] way of measuring this by measuring it as GNP per person (rather than GDP per person which does not take into account money earned abroad, etc). When you look at it the correct way, Brits are still 20% richer than their Irish cousins. Also, there is no way in hell that Ireland is in the top five economies, or even the top ten. Actually, Ireland is part of the Eurozone which is measured in official statistics these days. For all this so called "fervent independence", Ireland has actually swapped decisions on economic matters from Dublin to the European Central Bank. Ireland is as it has always been: a tiny nation at the mercy of the giants of Europe. France, Germany, Italy and Spain care as much for Ireland now as they did at the time of the Battle of Boyne (i.e. not much). Europe is a dog eat dog arena, and the misty eyed idealists in Scotland, Wales and Ireland occasionally forget this, even when they're dropping their trousers to get done from behind by their more powerful masters in the Franco-German alliance. But hey, look on the bright side, you may be the EU's *****, but at least you're living in peace and prosperity without fear for your lives or being discriminated against because you're a Catholic. Y'see, this all balances out. And I'm being serious here. [/QUOTE]
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