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I'm suggesting that deindustrialisation and subsequent focus on financial services in the South East hasn't been very beneficial to the people who live in those deindustrialised areas.
GDP is one thing. GDP distribution is another.
Stonehedge-
Sure, which is a long term issue I guess. I don't really feel like it's a priority right now or over the next month or so.
I actually misread your post :)I thought it was a shrug in response to the list of leaving companies above (which you wrote...) of the "They're all bad companies anyway, nevermind" sort.
christianSpaceman
Are you suggesting that having a financial industries is totally worthless to GDP?
This suggests they pay £10's billions in tax.
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06193
Whether they should pay more ("yes") is probably a discussion one should have quite apart from the one where we decide to just give up on the industry.