Presumably there will shortly be a mass exodus of Poles from the UK then? It certainly didn’t happen post-Brexit. Unless, of course, the UK is not such a bad place for them….NHS,Schooling, wages, child benefit. Still let’s not allow facts to get in the way of anti UK sentiments

Edited by Spiderman (02 May 2024 6.50am)

I often wonder where these stats are taken from. Border Force do not count them in or out. If it is taken from those that have registered their presence here, they probably are way out

Do you have a source for that figure?

The reports I can see are vastly different, example below;

"UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have fallen by an unrevised 0.3% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023, following an unrevised fall of 0.1% in the previous quarter.

The economy decreased for two consecutive quarters, while GDP for 2023 as a whole is estimated to have increased by an unrevised 0.1% compared with 2022."

"UK GDP is estimated to have increased by 0.1% in 2023, following growth of 4.3% in 2022. This is the weakest annual change in real GDP since the financial crisis in 2009, excluding the year 2020"

As much as I would like to rub those figures in the faces of the Rejoiners, the reality is that almost every economic figure these days is dubious beyond belief really.

And I think we perhaps need to stop looking at everything in economic terms. I would rather be poorer but live in a UK I recognise as a soverign nation, led by people truly invested in doing their utmost to make it better, than sell my soul for GDP.

Donald Tusk, the Polish PM : “As we celebrate 20 years in the EU, a fierce debate is taking place in Great Britain caused by the World Bank's forecast that income per capita will be higher in Poland than in the UK in 2025. And I promise this: on the 25th anniversary, Poles will be wealthier than the British. It's better to be in the EU!”

Quite a turn-round.

I agree, most stats these days are worthless.