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The largest cities and cultural centres in Great Britain and Northern island are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle (all England), Edinburgh and Glasgow (in Scotland), Cardiff (in Wales) and Belfast (Northern Island). Significant powers have been devolved out to the region's of Great Britain and Northern Island. This is an ongoing process. There is a strong desire in Scotland for independence from England - a recent referendum showed a small majority in favour of remaining in the UK but there are calls for a second referendum for independence since BREXIT.
The largest cities and cultural centres in Great Britain and Northern island are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle (all England), Edinburgh and Glasgow (in Scotland), Cardiff (in Wales) and Belfast (Northern Island). Significant powers have been devolved out to the region's of Great Britain and Northern Island. This is an ongoing process. There is a strong desire in Scotland for independence from England - a recent referendum showed a small majority in favour of remaining in the UK but there are calls for a second referendum for independence since BREXIT.
== Britain's productivity problem ==
'''''Reuters''''': [https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-economy-shrink-2023-risks-lost-decade-cbi-2022-12-05/ UK economy to shrink in 2023. Confederation of Business Industry forecast indicates that the UK risks a 'lost decade'].
=== Britain's productivity problem ===
In 2022, ''The Economist'' published the article [https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse] which stated:
{{Cquote|The productivity slowdown that followed was global, but Britain’s was particularly dramatic. Between 2009 and 2019 its productivity growth rate was the second slowest in the g7 . A study by Nick Crafts at the University of Warwick and Terence Mills of Loughborough University calculated that Britain’s shortfall during this period, compared with the pre-2008 trend, was the worst in 250 years...
Catching up with America’s level of labour productivity would mean that Britain’s gdp per person would be £6,600 higher, for example. And even if it is hard to pin down the exact sources of the productivity slowdown in the 2010s, it is easier to identify areas where Britain has to do better in future. They fall into three big categories: investment, people and the spread of knowledge."<ref> [https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]</ref>}}
=== United Kingdom and number of worker hours per year ===
[[File:UK workers hours worked annually.jpg|thumbnail|center|1000px|Wikipedia's article [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_average_annual_labor_hours&oldid=1125058865 List of countries by average annual labor hours] states "The following list is the average annual working time per employed person (men and women) in hours in 2017. Data is not available for all countries of the world".
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Compared to the rest of the world, the United Kingdom was ranked 51st on the list of countries in terms of the average annual working time per employed person (men and women) in hours in 2017.
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According to the websites Statista, "The average weekly hours worked on the main job in the United Kingdom saw no significant changes in 2021 in comparison to the previous year 2020 and remained at around 36.77 hours."<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/419636/main-job-average-weekly-working-hours-united-kingdom-uk-y-on-y/#:~:text=The%20average%20weekly%20hours%20worked,remained%20at%20around%2036.77%20hours. Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2021]</ref>]]
=== Former Prime Minister Liz Truss on British workers ===
[[File:Truss.PNG|thumbnail|201px|right|[[Liz Truss]], the former Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]], was caught on audio tape indicating that British workers lacked the "skill and application" of foreign nationals.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref> ]]
[[Liz Truss]], the former Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]], was caught on audio tape indicating that British workers lacked the "skill and application" of foreign nationals.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref> In response, the [[BBC]] published the news article Liz ''Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio''<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62571016 Liz Truss accused of branding British workers lazy in leaked audio], BBC</ref>
In 2022, ''The Economist'' published the article [https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]. Evidently, many godless, slothful Brits are reluctant to upgrade their skills to meet the current demands of the marketplace or they are too broke or lazy to implement productivity-producing technology. I mention poverty in relation to a lack of investment in productivity-improving technology because lazy people are often broke!
''The Economist'' states: "But even if the frontier is slowing, there is no iron law that says Britain cannot move closer to it. Catching up with America’s level of labour productivity would mean that Britain’s gdp per person would be £6,600 higher, for example. And even if it is hard to pin down the exact sources of the productivity slowdown in the 2010s, it is easier to identify areas where Britain has to do better in future. They fall into three big categories: investment, people and the spread of knowledge."<ref>[https://archive.md/LeOoB#selection-871.0-875.302 Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse]</ref>
=== Britain's economic funk will likely endure. The USA will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future ===
*[[Essay: Godless Britain's economic funk will likely endure. The USA will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future|Godless Britain's economic funk will likely endure. The USA will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]]
== Collapse of the British Empire ==
== Collapse of the British Empire ==
Little remains of British rule today across the globe, and it is mostly restricted to small island territories such as Bermuda and the Falkland Islands. However, a number of countries still have Queen Elizabeth as their head of state including New Zealand, Australia and Canada - a hangover of the Empire.<ref>[https://www.theweek.co.uk/tags/british-empire ''How big was the British Empire and why did it collapse?''], The Week</ref>}}
Little remains of British rule today across the globe, and it is mostly restricted to small island territories such as Bermuda and the Falkland Islands. However, a number of countries still have Queen Elizabeth as their head of state including New Zealand, Australia and Canada - a hangover of the Empire.<ref>[https://www.theweek.co.uk/tags/british-empire ''How big was the British Empire and why did it collapse?''], The Week</ref>}}
== See also ==
== See also ==