pronounced “stawwwndards”
We all live with standards … some of us , well ours are lowered. However, when I read that the British are living better than me, I start questioning if I picked the right Western country to have sought political asylum years ago.
For the first time in more than 100 years, British living standards have risen above those of Americans, a report has declared.
Increasing incomes, longer holidays and “free” healthcare have all contributed to making Britons better off than our friends across the Atlantic, according to the respected Oxford Economics consultancy.
The feel-rich factor is calculated using the gross domestic product (GDP) per citizen - an indicator of average incomes - which in Britain will be £23,500 this year, compared with £23,250 in America, it predicts.
The full story can be found here. And the best part has to be this photo used as the visual anchor for the article.
With the bit below reading:
They may have left the UK but the Beckhams could be enjoying a higher standard of living than their friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes if they stayed in Britain ?
Seriously, was that a journalistic question? Because filthy rich translates to “filthy rich” in almost any country.
