GDP per capita 1965
Singapore: £185
UK: £680
GDP per capita 2025
Singapore: £78,000
UK: £40,600
How did this happen? How did a country that started with barely a quarter of the UK’s wealth become almost twice as rich?
Competent governance.
A government that invested in what people needed: housing, energy, and education, all boosting productivity. Not one that sat idly by as living standards became harder and harder to maintain.
But there is hope. There is a party with the iron in it to do what is necessary.
Join it here: https://t.co/cFewZZ3vzP
They weren't called NEETs back then, but in 1980s Britain there were many unemployed young people. I did my best to help a few of them via a Capitol Radio scheme. Here's what it was like. #unemployed#NEET https://t.co/5hcKxdmGwB
@MichaelLCrick I never had much time for Alex Salmond, but I reckon he knew a thing or two about this slippery couple. Which could explain why he set up a rival political party!