[jfman]

Originally Posted by Chris

Worth a mention, seeing as at the time, it was so gleefully tossed about as evidence of how truly awful a place the UK is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66680188

It’s only a better place to live if people actually experience it.

Fractions of a percentage point here or there doesn’t change what was actually experienced by people during that time. GDP growth isn’t a meaningful measure for the workforce in the UK whose wages - often eroded by inflation - simply don’t keep up.