Conveniently you are forgetting Reagan doubling US government debt by printing funny money.
God knows how many times I've repeated this but UK growth was export led.
Thatcher decimated manufacturing and laid the foundation of our troubles today by allowing MPs to fiddle expenses, sold national treasures turning natural monopolies to private rip off pi55 poor providers of utilities and services. She laid the foundation of our banking crises by following the USA into self regulation and big bang derivatives of infinite number of financial products to creatively fleece PSIs.
FYI UK has continued to grow since she relinquished power since 1992. You attribute UK growth to her quarter of a century after her demise.
Ignoring EU trade during that time.
It is clear that UK will continue to deteriorate in international trade and competition precisely because it does not have a manufacturing base. Manufacturing is of national significance because whether it's robots, AI, automated cars technology or whatever needs to be manufactured in some way.
As said before bleeding Tories having decimated manufacturing and sold off national jewels have now turned their attention to fessing up the finance service industry.
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING but no amount of reason or rational or facts will sink into a vandels or hooligans mind to stop and think what they aim to accomplish by wrecking what others have built. Intoxicated with their delusional thoughts that they are above it all and somehow will achieve great heights by destroying the very bus shelter that may provide them shelter when it rains. Mind boggles.
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