Graham Charles Lear
1 min readNov 10, 2022

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You need to get out more

Worried about your job? You would be twice as worried in the Eurozone

Worried about rising prices? It’s worse in the Eurozone

Worried about a recession? It’s worse in the Eurozone

Unemployment in the Eurozone remains stubbornly high, compared to the UK

Latest official figures for Sept 2022

The average unemployment rate in the UK: is 3.5% (the lowest for 48 years)

The average unemployment rate in the Eurozone: is 6.6%

[Sources: ONS (UK) and EU Commission (EU).]

Youth Unemployment is much lower in Brexit Britain

Average youth unemployment rate in the UK: 7.5% (and falling)

Average youth unemployment rate in the Eurozone: 14.6% (and rising)

[Sources: ONS (UK) and EU Commission (EU).]

Annual Consumer Price Inflation, Sept 2022 — the UK compared with the Eurozone

UK: 8.8%

Eurozone: 9.9%

[Sources: Office of National Statistics |

Eurostat ]

Economic Growth — the UK compared with the Eurozone

2021 — Actual figures

United Kingdom: 7.4%

Eurozone: 5.2%

2022 — IMF’s forecast for this year

United Kingdom: 3.6%

Eurozone: 3.1%

[Source: International Monetary Fund.]

Everything is far worse in the EU

You just dont bother to look and rely on

the The Guardian

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Graham Charles Lear

What is life without a little controversy in it? Quite boring and sterile would be my answer.